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There’s a star that’s shaped like a cube.
A neutron star called PSR J0523-7125 is theorized to be roughly cube-shaped due to its incredibly strong magnetic field distorting its surface. This is the only known star that isn't approximately spherical. The magnetic field is so strong it would be lethal from 1,000 kilometers away.
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The entire Milky Way smells like rum and tastes like raspberries.
Large clouds of ethyl formate, a chemical that gives raspberries their flavor and rum its smell, have been...
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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...