Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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