Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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