Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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