Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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