Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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