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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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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