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There’s a Saturn-like planet that floats freely through space without a star.
PSO J318.5-22 is a gas giant planet that doesn't orbit any star. It floats freely through space, likely ejected from its original solar system. Observations suggest it has cloud patterns and storms similar to Jupiter's, despite having no star to drive its weather.
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A day on Mercury is twice as long as its year.
Due to Mercury's slow rotation and fast orbit, it takes 176 Earth days for the Sun to move...
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The largest storm ever observed was bigger than Earth itself.
The Great Dark Spot on Neptune, observed by Voyager 2 in 1989, was large enough to contain the...
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Europa shoots water into space from 125-mile-high geysers.
Jupiter's moon Europa has massive water plumes that shoot from cracks in its icy surface. These geysers are...