A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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