If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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