Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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 weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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