Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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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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    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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 takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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