The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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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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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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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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