Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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