Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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