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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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