Space
Cosmos, planets, stars, space exploration, and universe mysteries
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Space
NASA tracks thousands of space rocks that pass millions of miles from Earth
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Space
The chemical building blocks of DNA can form spontaneously in the vacuum of space
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Space
Modern spacecraft use layered crystal junctions to double the efficiency of solar cells
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Space
Spacecraft can skip across the atmosphere like a stone across a pond
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Space
A modern spacecraft heat shield is designed to endure temperatures 100 times hotter than a household oven
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Space
A small change in the moon's distance can increase tidal forces by twenty percent
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Space
Some asteroids have their own moons that act like tiny stabilizing anchors
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Space
A hidden layer deep inside the sun predicts solar storms years before they happen
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Space
The universe may have recently started slowing down its rate of expansion
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Space
Earth will eventually lose its oxygen because the sun gets brighter over time
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Space
Spacecraft heat shields use the same basic chemistry as common beach sand
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Space
A dead star's magnetic field acts like a giant lens to create radio wave stripes
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Space
A spacecraft must catch a basketball-sized container while traveling four miles per second
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Space
A rare type of meteor can explode with the force of a cannonball and leave survivors
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Space
A single lightning bolt on Jupiter can carry ten thousand times more energy than Earth's
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