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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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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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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