Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery 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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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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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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