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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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