Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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.
14
The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
10
Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
46
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
5
If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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