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The Moon is drifting away from Earth

The Moon moves about an inch farther from Earth every year.

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The gap is already wide. About 30 Earth-sized planets could fit in the space between Earth and the Moon.

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Saturn's north pole has a hexagon

A six-sided jet stream circles Saturn's north pole in the shape of a hexagon.

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Hubble circles Earth every 95 minutes

The Hubble Space Telescope orbits at about 17,000 miles per hour and circles Earth once every 95 minutes.

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1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun

It would take 1.3 million Earths to fill the Sun's volume.

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