Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    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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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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