Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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