Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
13
Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
46
In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
14
An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
82
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.
31
If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
808
On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
7