Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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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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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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