Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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