Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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