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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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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