Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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 earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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