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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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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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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