Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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 car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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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