Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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