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Time passes differently in space due to gravity.
Due to Einstein's theory of relativity, time moves slower in stronger gravitational fields. GPS satellites have to account for this effect - time passes about 38 microseconds faster per day for them than on Earth. Without this correction, GPS systems would drift by about 7 miles per day.
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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...