The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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