Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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 moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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