Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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