Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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