Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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