Space Facts

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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 heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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