Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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