Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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