Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
    163
    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
    9
    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
    14
    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
    159
    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
    160
    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
    9
    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.
    28
    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
    236