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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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