If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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