Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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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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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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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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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