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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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