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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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