The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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