Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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