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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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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