Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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