The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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