Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    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 last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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 cannot burp in space.
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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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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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