Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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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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