Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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