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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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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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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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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