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 comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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