Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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