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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 field. This field creates auroras in Ganymede's thin atmosphere and suggests the moon has a liquid iron core like Earth.
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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...