Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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