Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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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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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer 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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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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