Space Facts

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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 Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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