Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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