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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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