Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    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 typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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