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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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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