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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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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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