The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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