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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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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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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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