Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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