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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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