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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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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