Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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