Sound doesn't travel in space.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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.
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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 density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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