In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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 has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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