Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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