Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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