Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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