The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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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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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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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