Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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