Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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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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