Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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 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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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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