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 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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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