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Waxman Staff Writer Jan 15, 2015 11:07 PM UTC A segment on the home-shopping network was recently selling some science that we aren’t buying. QVC host Shawn Killinger and designer Isaac Mizrahi were debating whether the Moon is a planet or a star. Here is a snippet of that conversation: Killinger: “Isn’t the moon a star?” Mizrahi : “No, the Moon is a planet, darling.” Killinger: “Don’t look at me like that! The _sun_ is a _star_!” Mizrahi: “I don’t know what the Sun is.” The Moon, the Earth’s only natural satellite, is neither, by the way. Maybe the next segment will be selling science textbooks. 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