Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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