Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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