Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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