A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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