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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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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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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