It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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