Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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