The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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