Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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