Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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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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