Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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