It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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