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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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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