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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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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