The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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