If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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