Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to 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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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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