Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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