Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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