A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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