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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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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