Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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