Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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