There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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