Space & Cosmos
Mind-blowing facts about our universe, from quantum physics to galactic phenomena.
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A spoonful of a white dwarf star would weigh several tons.
White dwarfs are the remnants of stars like our Sun after they've exhausted their nuclear fuel. They're incredibly...
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Some planets orbit their stars in figure-eight patterns.
In binary star systems, planets can follow complex figure-eight orbital patterns due to the gravitational influence of both...
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Jupiter’s moon Io has lakes of liquid sulfur.
Due to intense tidal heating from Jupiter, Io has lakes of molten sulfur on its surface that can...
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There’s a planet where it snows titanium dioxide.
On Kepler-13Ab, a planet 1,730 light-years from Earth, it snows titanium dioxide - the same compound used in...
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking.
This massive storm, which could once fit three Earths inside it, has been raging for at least 400...
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There’s a planet where a year lasts just 2.7 hours.
PVHS 1003+2020 b orbits its neutron star host so quickly that its entire year takes less than three...
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Astronauts can’t cry properly in space.
In zero gravity, tears don't fall - they collect into a ball around the eye due to surface...
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There’s a planet made of solid diamond that’s five times the size of Earth.
PSR J1719-1438 b is a planet formed from the compressed core of a dead star. The extreme pressure...
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The smallest known star is about the size of Saturn.
EBLM J0555-57Ab is just slightly bigger than Saturn, making it the smallest known star capable of sustaining nuclear...