The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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