There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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