Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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 earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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