Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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