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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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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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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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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