Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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