Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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 heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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