Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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