Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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