Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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