Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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 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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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