Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    Astronauts cannot burp in 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 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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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