Random Space Facts

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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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    If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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    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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    There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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