An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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