Random Space Facts

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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    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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    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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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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    Anti-Comet Pills
    Anti-Comet Pills
    In 1910, as Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet, people bought "Anti-Comet Pills", special "comet umbrellas", and gas masks, because there was public hysteria that all life on Earth would be destroyed by gas - called cyanogen - that was detected in the tail.
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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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