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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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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