Space Facts

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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    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.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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