Space Facts

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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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    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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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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 population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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