Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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    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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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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