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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 into cylinder shapes. A piece of this star the size of a sugar cube would be pulled toward Earth with a force strong enough to lift Mount Everest.

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The Sun contains 99.86% of all the mass in our solar system.

Despite the planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in our solar system, almost all the mass is contained...

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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.

K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...

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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.

Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...

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