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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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 light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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