Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to 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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