The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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