Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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