Space Facts

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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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