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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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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