Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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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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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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