Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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 Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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