Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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