It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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