A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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 heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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