Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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 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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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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