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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 extreme pressures inside the moon. These diamonds are microscopic but demonstrate the exotic chemistry occurring within this small moon.
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A day on Mercury is twice as long as its year.
Due to Mercury's slow rotation and fast orbit, it takes 176 Earth days for the Sun to move...
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The largest storm ever observed was bigger than Earth itself.
The Great Dark Spot on Neptune, observed by Voyager 2 in 1989, was large enough to contain the...
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Europa shoots water into space from 125-mile-high geysers.
Jupiter's moon Europa has massive water plumes that shoot from cracks in its icy surface. These geysers are...