Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    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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