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The Sun loses 4 million tons of mass every second.
Through the process of nuclear fusion, the Sun converts mass into energy following Einstein's famous E=mc² equation. Despite this massive loss, it's so large that it can continue this process for another 5 billion years before running out of hydrogen fuel in its core.
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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...