From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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