The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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