Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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 volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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