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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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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