Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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