Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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    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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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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