Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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