Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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