In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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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 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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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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