The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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