The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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