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A supernova can briefly outshine its whole galaxy
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A supernova can briefly outshine its whole galaxy

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The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy worlds beyond Neptune
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The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy worlds beyond Neptune

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Saturn’s rings are made mostly of ice and rock
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Saturn’s rings are made mostly of ice and rock

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A day on Mars lasts about 24 hours and 39 minutes
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A day on Mars lasts about 24 hours and 39 minutes

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The cosmic microwave background is leftover light from the Big Bang
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The cosmic microwave background is leftover light from the Big Bang

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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star beyond our Sun
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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star beyond our Sun

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Uranus spins tipped nearly on its side
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Uranus spins tipped nearly on its side

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The Moon always shows Earth nearly the same face
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The Moon always shows Earth nearly the same face

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A total solar eclipse can turn day into twilight
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A total solar eclipse can turn day into twilight

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The Milky Way and Andromeda are on a collision course
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The Milky Way and Andromeda are on a collision course

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Nothing can escape once past a black hole’s event horizon
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Nothing can escape once past a black hole’s event horizon

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A year on Neptune lasts about 165 Earth years
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A year on Neptune lasts about 165 Earth years

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The Sun holds about 99.8% of the solar system’s mass
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The Sun holds about 99.8% of the solar system’s mass

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Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth
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Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth

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One light-year is about 9.5 trillion kilometers
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One light-year is about 9.5 trillion kilometers

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Auroras glow when solar wind hits Earth’s magnetic field
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Auroras glow when solar wind hits Earth’s magnetic field

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A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus
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A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus

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The Moon drifts away from Earth about 3.8 cm every year
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The Moon drifts away from Earth about 3.8 cm every year

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Geostationary satellites appear fixed above one spot on Earth
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Geostationary satellites appear fixed above one spot on Earth

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Northern and southern auroras often mirror each other
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Northern and southern auroras often mirror each other

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A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits the ground
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A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits the ground

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Mercury’s surface can swing from extreme heat to deep freeze
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Mercury’s surface can swing from extreme heat to deep freeze

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Earth’s ozone layer blocks most harmful UV-B sunlight
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Earth’s ozone layer blocks most harmful UV-B sunlight

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Halley’s Comet returns about every 76 years
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Halley’s Comet returns about every 76 years

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