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Some asteroids have their own moons.
About 15% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 200 meters have their own satellites. The asteroid Sylvia has two moons, nicknamed Romulus and Remus. These systems help scientists understand how planetary bodies form and interact gravitationally.
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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...