It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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