Random Space Facts

    59 facts tagged with Space Facts

    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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    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.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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