Space Facts

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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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