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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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