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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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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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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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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