Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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