The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full 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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