Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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