There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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