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.
9
Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
8
It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
159
Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
149
In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
175
The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
4
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
127
The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
221