The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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