Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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