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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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