What fact about our universe blows your mind?

Fortunately, studies have shown that, in addition to an ego check, taking the time to experience awe and feel small can make people happier and less stressed. Below, seven facts from NASA that will blow your mind and bring you right back to Earth. 1. Our <a href="http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/. read more

Or, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson would tell you, have your mind blown. Just consider for a moment that while Earth has an equatorial diameter of 7,926 miles, the Milky Way's is about 621,000,000,000,000,000 miles. read more

18. The universe might be a hologram. 19. There's a gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila that contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer. 20. Looking at stars is basically looking into the past, because of how long it takes the light from them to reach us. 21. Dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate. 22. read more

There’s no debating that our universe is pretty amazing. Thanks to science, now you can learn a little bit more about just how mind-blowing it really is. #1.Lightning looks cool from any angle. read more

Our sun is one of at least 100 billion stars, just in the Milky Way. Scientists calculate that there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe, each one brimming with stars. There are more stars than grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches combined. In 1995, the first planet beyond our solar system was discovered. read more

23. If you cry in space the tears just stick to your face. 24. During the ice age, 32,000 years ago, a squirrel buried a seed. Now the seed has been used to grow a flower. 25. We've found over a thousand planets outside our solar system just in the last 20 years. 26. There's a planet where it rains glass, sideways. read more