It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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