Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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