Space & Cosmos

Mind-blowing facts about our universe, from quantum physics to galactic phenomena.

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Some asteroids are actually extinct comets.

Many objects classified as asteroids are actually the remnants of comets that have lost all their volatile materials....

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The youngest known planet is still forming.

PDS 70b is a planet that's still in the process of formation, allowing astronomers to watch planetary birth...

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Saturn’s moon Titan has liquid methane lakes and seas.

Titan is the only body in our solar system besides Earth known to have stable liquid on its...

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Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers that shoot diamonds.

The icy geysers on Enceladus contain tiny particles of diamond dust, created when organic molecules are exposed to...

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Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth but 100,000 years to travel from its core to its surface.

While sunlight travels through space at incredible speed, the journey from the Sun's core to its surface is...

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