An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
9
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.
12
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.
9
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
569
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.
22
If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
18
Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
16
It 'snows' metal on Venus.
13