There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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