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Astronauts grow taller in space.
Without Earth's gravity compressing their spines, astronauts can grow up to 3 inches taller during long space missions. This extra height is temporary, and they return to their normal height after coming back to Earth. This effect can cause back pain and makes it important to account for in spacecraft design.
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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.
K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...
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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.
Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...
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There’s a planet that orbits its star every 18 hours.
WASP-19b orbits so close to its star that a year on this planet lasts just 18 hours. This...