And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

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Among the eight planets in the solar system, Jupiter is definitely the 'big guy'; it weighs more than the other seven ...

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