The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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