Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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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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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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