Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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