Random Space Facts

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    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in 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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    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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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