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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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