An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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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