There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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