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Mercury has ice in its craters despite being the closest planet to the Sun.
Despite surface temperatures that can reach 800°F (427°C), Mercury's poles contain craters that never receive sunlight. These permanently shadowed regions are cold enough to preserve water ice, estimated to be millions of years old. Radar observations suggest there could be enough ice to cover Washington, D.C.
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Time passes differently in space due to gravity.
Due to Einstein's theory of relativity, time moves slower in stronger gravitational fields. GPS satellites have to account...
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The most powerful supercomputer would take 20 million years to simulate 1 second of human brain activity.
The complexity of the human brain compared to the vastness of space presents an interesting paradox - while...
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There’s a galaxy that appears to be missing its dark matter.
The galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 appears to contain virtually no dark matter, challenging our understanding of galaxy formation. This...