An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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