It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
131
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
254
The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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.
13
If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
808
Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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