Random Space Facts

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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In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.

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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.

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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.

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It 'snows' metal on Venus.

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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago

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In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.

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