Sound doesn't travel in space.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
159
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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