Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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    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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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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