Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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 volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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    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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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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