Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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