Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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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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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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 temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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