Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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 density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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    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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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    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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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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