Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    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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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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