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.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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