It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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