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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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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