Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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