Random Space Facts

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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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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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