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Black holes create the perfect pitch of B-flat.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory detected sound waves emanating from a supermassive black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster. The note is B-flat, 57 octaves below middle C, far too low for human ears to hear.
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The most magnetic object known is a special type of neutron star.
Magnetars are neutron stars with magnetic fields so powerful they could wipe a credit card's data from halfway...
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The most reflective planet in the solar system is Venus.
Venus reflects about 70% of the sunlight that reaches it, thanks to its thick cloud cover of sulfuric...
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Some exoplanets orbit around dead stars.
Several planets have been discovered orbiting pulsars, the incredibly dense remnants of exploded stars. The first confirmed exoplanets...