Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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    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 Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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