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 are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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 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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