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🌌 Weird FactsSome asteroids have moonsSpaceSmall bodies such as asteroids can have their own tiny moons orbiting them.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsThe Oort Cloud is a distant comet reservoirSpaceAstronomers think a vast shell of icy bodies surrounds the Solar System far beyond the planets.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsBlack holes reveal themselves by their surroundingsSpaceBlack holes are detected through hot gas, stellar motion, jets, and gravitational waves rather than direct light.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsNeutron stars are so dense a teaspoon would weigh ~6 billion tonsSpaceA neutron star packs the mass of the Sun into a sphere about 20 km across — the density of an atomic nucleus.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsBennu is a rubble-pile asteroidSpaceAsteroid Bennu is a loose collection of rocks and dust held together by gravity.Recommend it?
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🌌 Weird FactsRogue planets wander without starsSpaceSome planets drift through space without orbiting any star.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsMagnetars have extreme magnetic fieldsSpaceMagnetars are neutron stars with magnetic fields strong enough to power enormous bursts of energy.Recommend it?
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🌌 Weird FactsA day on Venus is longer than its yearSpaceVenus rotates so slowly that a single Venusian day (243 Earth days) outlasts its orbit around the Sun (225 Earth days).Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsMercury hides ice in permanent shadowsSpaceDespite being close to the Sun, Mercury has polar craters cold enough to preserve water ice.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsPluto has a giant heart-shaped plainSpaceTombaugh Regio, the bright heart on Pluto, includes a smooth nitrogen-ice basin.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsMimas looks like the Death StarSpaceSaturn's moon Mimas has a huge crater that gives it a famous science-fiction resemblance.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsCharon makes Pluto wobble around empty spaceSpacePluto and its large moon Charon orbit a shared center that lies outside Pluto itself.Recommend it?
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🌌 Weird FactsThe Moon has moonquakesSpaceThe Moon experiences quakes caused by tidal forces, temperature changes, and impacts.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsMoon footprints can last for agesSpaceWithout wind or rain, astronaut footprints on the Moon can remain until micrometeorites slowly erase them.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsWhite dwarfs are stellar leftoversSpaceA white dwarf is the hot dense core left behind after a Sun-like star sheds its outer layers.Recommend it?
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🌌 Weird FactsPsyche may be rich in metalSpaceThe asteroid Psyche appears unusually metal-rich, making it a target for studying planetary cores.Recommend it?
🌌 Weird FactsTriton has nitrogen geysersSpaceNeptune's moon Triton has dark geyser-like plumes thought to involve nitrogen ice and sunlight.Recommend it?
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💻 Weird FactsMars rovers receive software updatesTechnologyRobots on Mars can get new instructions and software from Earth long after landing.Recommend it?