Space & Cosmos
Mind-blowing facts about our universe, from quantum physics to galactic phenomena.
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The largest volcano in the solar system is on Mars.
Olympus Mons on Mars is about 2.5 times the height of Mount Everest and roughly the size of...
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Some planets are darker than coal.
TrES-2b reflects less than 1% of the light that hits it, making it darker than any known planet...
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The Sun loses 4 million tons of mass every second.
Through the process of nuclear fusion, the Sun converts mass into energy following Einstein's famous E=mc² equation. Despite...
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There’s a planet where it rains rubies and sapphires.
On HAT-P-7b, a gas giant 1,000 light-years away, changing temperatures in the atmosphere cause aluminum oxide (the same...
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Saturn’s moon Mimas looks exactly like the Death Star.
Mimas has a large impact crater called Herschel that makes it look remarkably similar to the Death Star...
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There’s a star that’s shaped like a teardrop.
HD 209458, nicknamed 'Osiris,' is being pulled into a teardrop shape by a nearby planet's gravity. The planet...
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Saturn’s largest moon has rain, rivers, and seas of liquid methane.
Titan is the only world besides Earth known to have stable liquid on its surface, though it's liquid...
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The strongest magnetic field ever detected could warp atoms into cylinders.
A magnetar called SGR 1806-20 produced the strongest magnetic field ever detected, strong enough to distort atomic nuclei...
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The largest moon in the solar system has its own magnetic field.
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger than Mercury and is the only moon known to have its own magnetic...