There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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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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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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