Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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