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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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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