1. There is a chunk of diamond floating in our galaxy that is even bigger than our Earth!
2. The material that makes up neutron stars is so dense that a single teaspoon would weigh 1 billion tons!
3. If you put Saturn in a bathtub or pool of water, it would float! Even though it is the second-largest planet in the solar system!
4. Is it possible to turn Earth into a black hole? Absolutely! If you could compress the Earth down to the size of a marble, it would collapse under its own gravity and become a black hole!
5. There is a type of planet where it rains glass—sideways! The name of this planet is HD189733b.
6. The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons. It is located on Mars. This volcano is even taller than Mount Everest! While Mount Everest is 8.8 kilometers high, Olympus Mons rises to 24 kilometers and spans 624 kilometers wide!
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