The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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