It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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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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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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