Amazing Facts

Amazing Facts

Space Facts

Sun

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• The Sun lights the Earth although it is 150 million km away
• Every square INCH of the sun burns with the brightness of 1.5 million candles
• Each second, the sun gives out energy enough to supply all the US for 50 million years
• The sun has black spots
• Sun is not the biggest star. Sirius is 25 times larger than our sun
• The sun is very far from us but the light from the sun takes 8.5 minutes to reach the Earth

Moon

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• On the moon, an average person could jump 4 m (13 ft) straight up
• The sun shines for 360 hours on the moon
• Temperatures can reach up to 127 degree Celsius on the moon
• The moon is covered in seas called maria but there in not a drop of water on the moon
• The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun
• It is said that in the very earlier years of the Earth's life, there was no moon 

Stars

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• When the gravity of a star become too great, it collapses upon itself
• Neutron stars may be a million times smaller than the Earth. 
• Stars doesn't  twinkle. They only look twinkling because of the Earth's fuzzy atmosphere
• The most massive stars have a short life
• The sun is the closest star to us

References

Repley's I Can't believe it/ beyond understanding/ earth's nightlight

http://www.universetoday.com/25145/interesting-facts-about-stars/