Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    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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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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