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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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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