Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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