The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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