Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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