When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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