The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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