Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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