The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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