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Why doesn't the Hubble take pictures of our own planets? Can it take pictures of planets in other solar systems?
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If Venus is closer, why is there no talk of going to Venus? Why don't we have that many pictures of its surface?
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Can you burn a candle in space?
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What is a manometer?
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Why can't we live on Jupiter?
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Can we fly to a black hole to check it out?
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Why didn't the Apollo 11 lander burn up on the way down to the Moon's surface?
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What is wind?
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What is "the vacuum of space"?
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Are there gasses other than helium that make balloons float?
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