{"id":816,"date":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=816"},"modified":"2019-10-09T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:00:06","slug":"space-junk-strange-things-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/discover\/science\/space\/space-junk-strange-things-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Junk!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-7.jpg\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-7.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-7-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know there&#8217;s a whole host of man-made objects, floating around thousands of miles away in space?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Known as &#8220;<strong>space junk<\/strong>&#8220;, they&#8217;re orbiting the Earth at this very moment. In fact, space agencies in the\u00a0<strong>USA<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Russia<\/strong>\u00a0recently estimated that it could be getting a bit cramped out there, with <strong>trillions<\/strong>\u00a0of tiny pieces of the stuff!<\/p>\n<p>Space junk covers all sorts of things, such as items leftover from previous space missions, objects sent up into space from Earth and even some momentos that astronauts have left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Our friends at\u00a0<strong>Solar Centre<\/strong>\u00a0have put together these seriously cool facts on just what is floating around out there, from\u00a0<strong>family photos<\/strong>\u00a0to pieces of\u00a0<strong>LEGO<\/strong>, we investigate the weird and wonderful world of space junk!<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>1. Family portrait<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-4.jpg\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-4-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, this really is floating around in space. If aliens found it, we wonder what they&#8217;d make of it&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>2. Dead animals<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-8.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-8.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-8.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-8-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yup, sadly, a little bit like animal testing but in space travel terms, during the 1940s &#8211; 60s many animals were sent up into the Earth\u2019s atmosphere to see if it was safe for life to survive in space.<\/p>\n<h2>3. LEGO figures<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-14.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-14.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-14.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-14-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine three little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/kids-club\/entertainment\/general-entertainment\/ten-top-lego-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEGO<\/a> pieces taking off on a space mission? Because that&#8217;s exactly what happened. Cool!<\/p>\n<h2>4. Copper needles<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-6.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-6.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-6-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll have to watch your step while floating around in space, because you wouldn&#8217;t want to step on one of these!<\/p>\n<h2>5. Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s ashes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-10.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-10.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-10.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-10-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes. The very man that created <em>Star Trek<\/em> had a portion of his ashes sent into space after his death, and this year, his wife&#8217;s will be sent up to join him.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Space lightning<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-20.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-20.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-20.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-20-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psst! Did you know lightning sometimes strikes over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/discover\/geography\/physical-geography\/volcano-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">volcanoes<\/a>, too?<\/p>\n<h2>7. Cannibals<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-9.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-9.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-9-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Galaxies <em>eat<\/em> each another? Who&#8217;d have thought it?<\/p>\n<h2>8. Pizza<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-1.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-1.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-1-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine you&#8217;re an alien and it&#8217;s really tricky to get a pizza delivery. Cue Pizza Hut, who send a salami pizza out into the midst of space in 2001. They must have been over the moon &#8211; <em>literally<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h2>9. Tool bag<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-11.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-11.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-11.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-11-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, a \u00a3650,000 bag of tools is just floating around in space &#8211; they must be some seriously pricey pliers!<\/p>\n<h2>10. Nazi space station<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-2.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-2.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-2-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0ten more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/discover\/history\/general-history\/world-war-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facts about the Second World War<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>11. A cold star<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> a fact for the playground!<\/p>\n<h2>12. Space debris<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-15.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-15.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-15.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-15-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Space junk is orbiting the Earth right <em>now<\/em>, and travelling at speeds of over 17,000 miles per hour!<\/p>\n<h2>13. Mickey Mouse<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-16.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-16.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-16.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-16-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard of the face on the moon but this is just getting silly&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>14. Astronaut&#8217;s footprints<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-13.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-13.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-13.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-13-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those footprints have been there since 1969!<\/p>\n<h2>15. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-17.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-17.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-17.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-17-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine being so famous that you have an asteroid named after you &#8211; that&#8217;s exactly what happened to American film stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Did you know that we have a FREE downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/primary-resource\/asteroid-primary-resource\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asteroid primary resource<\/a>? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>16. Tank of ammonia<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-18.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-18.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-18.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-18-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good job there&#8217;s no fine for littering in space, hey?<\/p>\n<h2>17. Vegetables<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-12.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-12.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-12.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-12-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting access to fresh veg in space can prove a little tricky, so astronauts are now growing their own in order to get their five-a-day!<\/p>\n<h2>18. Rain cloud<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-3.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-3.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-3-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blimey, that&#8217;s one cosmic cloud!<\/p>\n<h2>19. Urine (ew!)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-19.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-19.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-19.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-19-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, when you&#8217;ve gotta go, you&#8217;ve gotta go!<\/p>\n<h2>20. Diamond planets<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-5.png\" alt=\"space junk - 20 seriously strange things you'll find in space\" width=\"635\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-5.png 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/space-junk-5-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A planet made of diamonds, you say? Get us a spaceship, and quick!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Did you know that we have a FREE downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/discover\/science\/space\/ten-facts-about-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">space facts primary resource<\/a>? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6>Sources and references: telegraph.co.uk, list25.com, space.com, en.wikipedia.org, mashable.com, bbc.co.uk, mic.com, whatculture.com.<\/h6>\n<h2>What do you make of all that space junk? Let us know by leaving a comment, below!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know there&#8217;s a whole host of man-made objects, floating around thousands of miles away in space?\u00a0 Known as &#8220;space junk&#8220;, they&#8217;re orbiting the Earth at this very moment. In fact, space agencies in the\u00a0USA\u00a0and\u00a0Russia\u00a0recently estimated that it could be getting a bit cramped out there, with trillions\u00a0of tiny pieces of the stuff! 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