Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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