There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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 population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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