Random Space Facts

    59 facts tagged with Space Facts

    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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