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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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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