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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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