Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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