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 you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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