The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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