Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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    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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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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