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 outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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