Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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