From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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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 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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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