The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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