Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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