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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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