More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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