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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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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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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