Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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 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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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