Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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