Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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 center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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