Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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