Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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