Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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