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There’s a star that’s trapped inside a giant crystal.
At the center of the Cat's Eye Nebula, astronomers have discovered a dying star surrounded by a crystalline shell of carbon. As the star sheds its outer layers, the carbon crystallizes in a process similar to diamond formation.
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The most distant human-made object is now in interstellar space.
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012. It's now...
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Some galaxies have no dark matter.
NGC 1052-DF2 is the first galaxy discovered that appears to contain no dark matter, which challenges our understanding...
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There’s a planet with a surface temperature of 4,300°C, hotter than some stars.
KELT-9b is the hottest known exoplanet, with a dayside temperature hotter than many stars. It's so hot that...