Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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