Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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