Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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 population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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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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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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