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 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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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