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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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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