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.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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