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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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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