Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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