Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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