It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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!
18
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
16
An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
9
The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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