Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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