Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    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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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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