Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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 lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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