It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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