Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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