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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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