More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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