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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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 center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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