The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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