Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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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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    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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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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