An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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 has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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