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There’s a moon with higher surface gravity than Mercury.
Jupiter's moon Io has higher surface gravity than Mercury despite being much smaller, due to its high density and composition. This strong gravity, combined with Jupiter's tidal forces, makes Io the most geologically active body in the solar system.
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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...