Random Space Facts

    59 facts tagged with Space Facts

    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    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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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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