Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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