Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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