There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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