Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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