Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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