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🚀 SPACE QUESTIONS 🚀

☀️How big is the Sun?▼

The Sun is SO big that you could fit over ONE MILLION Earths inside it! It's like a giant ball of super hot fire that keeps our whole planet warm.

⭐ Fun Fact: The Sun is 93 million miles away from us!

🌑Can you jump really high on the Moon?▼

YES! On the Moon, you could jump SIX TIMES higher than on Earth! So if you can jump 1 foot here, you could jump 6 feet on the Moon.

⭐ Fun Fact: Astronauts bounce when they walk on the Moon!

⭐What are stars made of?▼

Stars are made of super hot gas! Mostly hydrogen and helium – the same stuff that makes balloons float. The gas gets SO hot that it glows!

⭐ Fun Fact: There are more stars than grains of sand on ALL the beaches!

🌌Why is space dark?▼

Space is dark because there's no air up there to scatter the sunlight around! On Earth, tiny bits of air bounce the Sun's light everywhere. In space, the light just goes straight.

⭐ Fun Fact: In space, the sky is always full of stars, even during daytime!

🚀How fast does a rocket go?▼

A rocket goes about 25,000 miles per hour! That's 30 times faster than an airplane. You could drive from Austin to New York in about 4 minutes!

⭐ Fun Fact: It only takes about 8 minutes for a rocket to reach space!

🪐Are there other planets with rings like Saturn?▼

Yes! Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune ALL have rings too! Saturn's rings are made of billions of pieces of ice and rock, some tiny as sand, some big as a house!

⭐ Fun Fact: Saturn is so light it would float in a giant bathtub!