It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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