Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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