Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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