Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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