Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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