Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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