Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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