There’s a planet that’s darker than coal

TrES-2b reflects less than 1% of light — making it the darkest known exoplanet. It’s basically a black hole’s fashion consultant.

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You could survive 15 seconds in space without a suit

You wouldn’t instantly freeze or explode — but you’d lose consciousness in seconds from lack of oxygen. Not recommended.

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The largest diamond in the universe is a star

BPM 37093, nicknamed “Lucy,” is a crystallized white dwarf made of carbon — essentially a 10-billion-trillion-trillion-carat diamond floating in space.

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There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way

Earth has about 3 trillion trees, while the Milky Way contains roughly 100–400 billion stars.

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The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda

In about 4 billion years, the two galaxies will merge into a new elliptical galaxy — possibly called Milkomeda.

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Our solar system is 4.571 billion years old

And in about 7.5 billion years, the Sun will expand into a red giant and engulf Earth.

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There’s a giant cloud of alcohol in space

Sagittarius B2, near the center of our galaxy, contains enough ethyl alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer — but it’s mixed with toxic chemicals.

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The observable universe is 93 billion light-years wide

Even though the universe is only 13.8 billion years old, expansion means we can see much further than that.

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There might be dinosaur fossils on the moon

When the asteroid hit Earth 65 million years ago, debris may have been blasted into space — possibly carrying fossilized remains that landed on the moon.

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The Moon is drifting away from Earth

It’s slowly moving 3.8 cm farther each year, which will eventually affect tides and Earth’s rotation.

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There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth

With over 100 billion galaxies, each containing billions of stars, the numbers are truly astronomical.

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Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system

It’s nearly 3x taller than Mount Everest and as wide as the state of Arizona.

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A day on Venus is longer than its year.

It rotates so slowly that its year (orbit) finishes first.

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