Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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