Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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 volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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