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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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