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.
5
The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
163
Sound doesn't travel in space.
255
If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
808
There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
349
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
2
The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
147