When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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