Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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