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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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