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 rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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