Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    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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    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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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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