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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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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