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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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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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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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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