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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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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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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