Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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