There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
5
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 light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
163
Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
6
An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
82
Astronauts cannot burp in space.
232
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