It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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