Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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 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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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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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