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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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