An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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