Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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