Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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