When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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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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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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