An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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