Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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 ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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