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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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