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 moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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