Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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 density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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