The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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