Different Planets, Different Days: A day on Venus (the second planet from the Sun) is longer than its year! It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation, but only 225 Earth days to orbit around the Sun.
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Twinkling Stars: Those twinkling stars you see at night aren't actually twinkling. The twinkling effect is caused by Earth's atmosphere bending and scattering the starlight.
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Glowing Comets: Comets are like icy snowballs that travel through space. When they get close to the Sun, they start to melt, creating a bright, glowing tail that can be seen from Earth.
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Solar System's Largest Volcano: Mars is home to the largest volcano in our solar system called Olympus Mons. It's about 13.6 miles (22 kilometers) high, which is almost three times the height of Mount Everest!
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Asteroid Belt Guardians: Jupiter, the largest planet, acts as a guardian for our solar system. Its strong gravity helps deflect many potentially harmful asteroids and comets away from Earth.
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Moon's "Dark Side": The Moon always shows the same face to Earth because its rotation and orbit are synchronized. This means there's a side we never see from our planet, often mistakenly called the "dark side."
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Sun's Giant Bubble: The Sun is so big that it has its own protective bubble called the heliosphere. This bubble keeps us safe from most of the harmful stuff in space, like cosmic rays.
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Neptune's Windy Surprise: Neptune is known for having the fastest winds in the solar system, reaching speeds of up to 1,200 miles per hour (1,900 kilometers per hour). Brrr, that's a chilly breeze!
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Space Ice Cream Myth: While astronauts eat special food in space, the iconic "space ice cream" is actually not commonly used. Real astronaut food includes vacuum-sealed, dehydrated meals that are rehydrated before eating.
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Meteor Showers: Throughout the year, Earth passes through streams of debris left behind by comets. When this debris enters our atmosphere and burns up, it creates beautiful meteor showers like the Perseids and the Geminids.
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