Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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