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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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