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 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 'snows' metal on Venus.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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