Random Space Facts

    59 facts tagged with Space Facts

    There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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    Anti-Comet Pills
    Anti-Comet Pills
    In 1910, as Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet, people bought "Anti-Comet Pills", special "comet umbrellas", and gas masks, because there was public hysteria that all life on Earth would be destroyed by gas - called cyanogen - that was detected in the tail.
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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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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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