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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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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