The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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