Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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