Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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 center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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