Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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