Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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