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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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