A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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