Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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    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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