Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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 car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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