Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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