Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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 Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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