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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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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