It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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