Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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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