Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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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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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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