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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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