Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
131
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.
4
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.
13
There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
124
The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
4
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
310
Astronauts cannot burp in space.
232