An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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 are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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