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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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