Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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 ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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