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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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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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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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