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The smallest known star is about the size of Saturn.
EBLM J0555-57Ab is just slightly bigger than Saturn, making it the smallest known star capable of sustaining nuclear fusion. Any smaller, and it wouldn't have enough mass to generate the pressure and temperature needed for fusion reactions.
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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...
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There’s a planet where it snows titanium dioxide.
On Kepler-13Ab, a planet 1,730 light-years from Earth, it snows titanium dioxide - the same compound used in...