Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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 Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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