Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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