The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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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 is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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