Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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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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