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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 pressure that much of it has crystallized into diamond. Scientists estimate that up to one-third of the planet's mass could be diamond, making it worth an estimated $26.9 nonillion ($26.9 followed by 30 zeros).
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A spoonful of a white dwarf star would weigh several tons.
White dwarfs are the remnants of stars like our Sun after they've exhausted their nuclear fuel. They're incredibly...
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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...