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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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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