Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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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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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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