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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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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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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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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