Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    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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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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