Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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