Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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    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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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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