Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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