Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    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 density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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