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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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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