The New Horizons flyby of Pluto revealed mountains of water ice 3,500 meters tall.
Fact #7500
👍 0 · 👎 0
More Space Facts
Some stars explode when they die.
Fact #1717 · Space
Comets orbit the Sun in elongated paths.
Fact #75 · Space
The Kepler mission searched for Earth-like exoplanets.
Fact #1025 · Space
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured deep images of distant galaxies.
Fact #61 · Space
The Milky Way is on a slow collision course with Andromeda.
Fact #143 · Space
The Earth's magnetic field helps prevent atmospheric loss.
Fact #169 · Space
Some galaxies are trillions of miles wide.
Fact #1713 · Space
Black holes can bend time.
Fact #1695 · Space
Want more facts?
We have over 11,491 facts across 15 categories.