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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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