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You can fit all the planets of the solar system between Earth and the Moon with room to spare.
Some galaxies are moving away from us faster than the speed of light due to expansion.
The observable universe contains an estimated two trillion galaxies.
If the Sun suddenly disappeared, Earth would keep orbiting for about 8 minutes before drifting away.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is so far away that its signals take over 20 hours to reach Earth.
Some black holes spin at nearly the speed of light.
Neutron stars are so dense that a sugar‑cube‑sized piece would weigh billions of tons.
Some animals can survive in space briefly.
Some asteroids have their own moons.
The Earth's gravity varies slightly across its surface.
Some stars pulse regularly.
Some planets rain diamonds under certain conditions.
The Sun is considered an average-sized star.
The Earth's magnetic field flips polarity over long periods.
Some stars are billions of years older than the Sun.
The Earth's atmosphere extends thousands of miles into space.
The Milky Way is moving through space at over a million miles per hour.
The Sun loses millions of tons of mass every second.
Some stars explode as supernovae at the end of their lives.
The Moon has moonquakes.
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.
The International Space Station is visible to the naked eye from Earth.
There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive.
The sun is about 400 times larger than the moon.
The energy released by a single supernova can briefly outshine an entire galaxy.
There are planets where a year lasts only a few hours.
There are galaxies so distant that their light has been traveling for over 13 billion years to reach Earth.
The universe is expanding in every direction at the same time.
Some astronauts grow up to 2 inches taller while in space due to spinal expansion.
The Sun accounts for about 99.86% of all the mass in the solar system.
A black hole's gravity is so strong that not even light can escape once it crosses the event horizon.
The cold vacuum of space is only a few degrees above absolute zero.
There are stars in the night sky whose light began traveling toward Earth before humans evolved.
Some supernova explosions release more energy in a few seconds than the Sun will produce in its entire lifetime.
The International Space Station is visible to over 90% of the human population at some point during its orbit.
The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars, is nearly three times taller than Mount Everest.
There are photons of light traveling through space right now from stars that no longer exist.
A neutron star is so dense that a single teaspoon would weigh about 6 billion tons on Earth.
If you were standing on the Moon, you would see footprints from 1969 that may still be there millions of years from now.
There are stars that will burn for trillions of years.
The observable universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies.
There are galaxies moving away faster than light due to expanding space.
There are planets with winds faster than the speed of sound.
The energy released by the Sun every second equals billions of nuclear bombs.
There are storms on Jupiter that have lasted for centuries.
Some space probes will outlive Earth itself.
There are clouds in space made of alcohol molecules.
There are stars that orbit each other so closely they share material.
The universe is estimated to be about 13.8 billion years old.
The Sun loses about 4 million tons of mass every second through energy radiation.