Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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