Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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