Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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