Random Space Facts

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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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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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