Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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