Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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