Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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