A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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