Space Facts

    Random 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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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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