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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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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