Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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 population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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