Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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