Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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 temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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