The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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