Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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