Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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