The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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