Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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 lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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