An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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