A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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