It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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