Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
986
41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
103
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
158
There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
124
Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
358
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.
9
Astronauts cannot burp in space.
232
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.
10