Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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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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