Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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    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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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