Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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