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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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Some stars are cool enough to touch.
Brown dwarfs, failed stars that never got massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion, can have surface temperatures as...
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There’s a planet made largely of diamonds.
55 Cancri e, a super-Earth about 40 light-years away, is likely made largely of carbon under such extreme...
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The most powerful explosion ever observed could have melted lead from 110 light-years away.
GRB 080916C, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2008, released more energy in a few seconds than our Sun...