26 Space Facts That They Skipped at School in The 90s

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jun 13, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Space was literally the coolest thing that we could have learned about at school in the 90s. NASA was still pottering around space, and the eyes of the nation and the world were all fixed upon that gray rock in the sky, full of potential and possibilities.

But alas, our space education was rather limited back in the day and at best we got to learn about the many horrific failures of the Apollo missions. But those were not the facts we wanted to learn about the great expanse that lies above our heads. We grew up wanting to know the secrets of the universe, whether aliens existed, and if they did, what sports would they like? What bands would they listen to? Well, we might not have found the answers to those questions, but we have put together quite the curious list of space facts that they skipped at school in the 90s to blow your mind and satisfy your inner child.

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    SOURCE - NASA Any free moving Liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere This is because of something called surface tension, which is an imbalance of intermolecular attractive forces This can also occur in low Earth orbit SPACE.FACTS
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    Source Space.com While Andromeda is the largest galaxy in the Local Cluster it may not be the most massive. The Milky Way is thought to contain more dark matter, which could make it much more massive. O SPACE FACTS
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    WE ARE MADE OF STAR DUST 93% of our body is made of star dust. NASA has carrried out a extensive research which can be found on their website. SPACE.FACTS
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    65% Oxygen Ca 1.5% Calcium Na 0.2% C 18.5% Carbon H 9.5% Hydrogen N 3.2% Nitrogen * P 1% 146 Phosphorus K 0.4% Potassium Ω CI 0.2% Chlorine 0.1% Mg S 0.3% Sulphur Sodium Magnesium Trace elements less than 1%: B Boron, Cr Chromium, Co Cobalt, Cu Copper, F Fluorine, I lodine, Fe Iron, Mn Manganese, Mc Molybdenum, Se Selenium, Si Silicon, Sn Tin, V Vanadium, Zn Zinc CREDIT NATIONAL HISTORY MEUSEUM SPACE.FACTS
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  • A pertinent reminder of our place in this universe. We are all one, and at the same time so tiny and insignificant to the grand scheme of things. It's like we are randomly assembled particles of the universe, masquerading as an organism. 

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    PROJECT A11 In the late 1950's, by way of something labeled Project A119, the United States decided it would be a good idea to launch a nuclear missile at the moon. Why? Evidently, they felt it would give them a leg up in the Space Race. Fortunately, however, the plan ver executed SPACE. FACTS Credit Exopolitics
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    Pluto's largest moon Charon, is half the size of Pluto The Same Surfaces of Charon and Pluto always face eachother, which is known as mutual tiding lock Credit - NASA SPACE.FACTS
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    Normal pens won't work in Space. TORS General pens dont work in space because the ink is filled at atmospheric pressure and Earth's gravity but in space their is no garvity.where as in space pens we use pressurized ink. Credit NASA SPACE. FACTS
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    Viking mission was the most expensive mission initiated by NASA on Mars, as it cost US$ 1 Billion. SPACE FACTS Credit - NASA
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    Titan, one of Saturn's moons, has a liquid cycle but its definitely not water SPACE. FACTS
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    In 1997, three men from Yemen tried to sue NASA for invading Mars. Claiming they had inherited it from their ancestors 3000 years ago Image- Alasdair Wilkins Pet Readings's SPACE.FACTS
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  • Honestly, we would love to see the proof that they had to back up this claim. Because if some of the ancient civilization conspiracies are to be believed, it is not totally inconceivable that visitors from another planet would leave an extraterrestrial planet as inheritance to a group of people they lived among on earth.

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    On this day in Space! Oct 10, 1967: The outer space Treaty is born USSR UNITED KINGDOM USA SPACE FACTS
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    Saturn overtakes Jupiter as host to the most moons in solar system Astronomers have found 20 more moons around Saturn making it a planet with 82 moons. Whereas Jupiter has 79 moons. SPACE.FACTS
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    Muons are subatomic particles that exist just two millionth of a second. Scientists think they could be the key to many mysteries in the Universe SPACE.FACTS
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    Even if you were able to travel close to the speed of light (186000 miles per second) it would still take 100000 years to cross the Milky Way galaxy SPACE.FACTS
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    90-99% of all normal matter in the universe is Hydrogen SPACE.FACTS
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    Meet Gliese 436 B Image shuttershock The planet that is SPACE FACTS coated in Hot Ice
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    The Largest structure found in the Universe is the Sloan Great Wall, a super cluster of Galaxies 1.38 billion light years away O SPACE FACTS
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    A new star is born in our galaxy roughly every 18 days. SPACE.FACTS.
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    HYPOTHETICAL PLANET X THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET SPACE. FACTS
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    OVERVIEW Researchers over at Caltech have found mathematical evidence suggesting there may be a "Planet X" deep in the Solar system. The Planet orbits our Sun in a highly elongated orbit that streches far beyond Pluto. This Hypothetical planet could have a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbit about 20 times farther from the Sun on average than Neptune. However, the Announcement does not mean there is a new planet in our solar system, The Existence is only Theoretical at this point. SPACE.
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    IN DEPTH In January 2015, Caltech astronomers Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown announced new research that provides evidence of a giant planet tracing an unusual, elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The prediction is based on detailed mathematical modeling and computer simulations, not direct observation. This Large object could explain the unique orbits of at least five smaller objects discovered in the distant Kuiper Belt. SPACE.FACTS
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    WHEN WAS IT DISCOVERED? Planet X has not been yet been discovered, and there is a debate in the scientific community about whether it exists. The predictions were made in 2015 January 20 O SPACE.FACTS
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    WHY DO THEY THINK IT'S THERE? Astronomers studying the Kuiper Belt have noticed some of the dwarf planets and other small, icy objects tend to follow orbits that cluster together. By analyzing these orbits, the Caltech team predic the possibility that a large, previously undiscovered planet may be hiding far beyond Pluto. They estimate the gravity of this potential planet might explain the unusual orbits of those Kuiper objects. SPACE.FACTS
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    WHATS NEXT? Astronomers, including Batygin and Brown, will begin using the world's most powerful telescopes to search for the object in its predicted orbit. Any object that far away from the Sun will be very faint and hard to detect, but astronomers calculate that it should be possible to see it using existing telescopes. SPACE.FACTS
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    In 2009, a black spot about the size of Earth appeared on the upper cloud surface of the planet Jupiter SPACE.FACTS
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