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[Space fact 1] The first recorded supernova—a star that has collapsed in on itself—was observed in China in 185 AD. Nearly 2000 years later, astronomers at the University of Utrect identified the burnt-out remains of that same star.
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[Space fact 2] The first spacecraft to successfully land on Venus was the Soviet spaceship Venera 7, which reached the planet’s surface on December 15, 1970. Several spacecraft had gone near the surface prior to this date, and the Soviet Venera 3 had crashed into the planet in 1966.
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[Space fact 3] Saturn’s rings seem to disappear about every 14 years. Scientists believe that the rings seem to disappear when Saturn is tilted directly in line with Earth.
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[Space fact 4] Nobody knows how many stars there are in the Milky Way. Estimates range from 100 billion to 400 billion. And the Milky Way is just one of 140 billion galaxies, many of them larger than ours. Some astronomers argue that with such a large number of stars, it is very likely that the number of advanced civilizations in the Milky Way is probably in the millions.
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[Space fact 5] About 20 light years from Earth is star BPM 37093 (a.k.a. Lucy, after the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”). This white dwarf is actually one huge diamond that weighs in at 10 billion trillion trillion carats and is about the size of our moon.
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[Space fact 6] The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy and contains about 200–400 billion stars. It is approximately 100,000–120,000 light years in diameter.
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[Space fact 7] Uranus was almost called Hypercronius ("above Saturn"), Georgium Sidus ("The Georgian Planet") after then-King of England, George III.
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[Space fact 8] NASA dubbed Galaxy NGC 4151 the "Eye of Sauron" for its striking similarity to Tolkien's character.
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[Space fact 9] Neil Armstrong before leaving for the Apollo 11 Space mission signed hundreds of autographs and had them dropped in the mail on the exact date of their moon mission, in case he died during the mission and his family could monetize his autographs.
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[Space fact 10] The South Korean government spent several years and over one million dollars to produce a "space kimchi" that was safe for their astronaut to take onto the ISS.
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This space facts generator can generate some interesting space facts for free. These space facts can help you learn some new knowledge and know more about space.
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