Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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