Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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    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 density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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