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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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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