There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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