Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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