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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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer 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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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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