Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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