Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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