More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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