There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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