Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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