Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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