Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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