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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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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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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