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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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    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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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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