Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
    145
    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
    175
    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
    15
    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
    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
    159
    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
    8
    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
    221
    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
    151