Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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 Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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