Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
46
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
673
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
569
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.
9
The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
216
Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
120
If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
10
It 'snows' metal on Venus.
13