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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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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