There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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