Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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