It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun 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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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