Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    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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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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