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Did you know? There’s a planet made of diamond! 💎✨ Scientists discovered a planet called 55 Cancri e, about 40 light-years away, that is mostly made of carbon. Because of the extreme pressure and heat, most of that carbon is thought to be in the form of diamond!

25 brightest stars in the night sky. 🌃

A visual representation of Size of Jupiter compared to Earth.

Can wormholes do the magic for humanity? What do you think?👇

If the sun stopped shining suddenly, it would take eight minutes for people on earth to see it, because of the time it takes light to travel to earth.

The Moon is Slowly Drifting Away: • Our Moon is moving about 3.8 centimeters (1.5 inches) away from Earth each year. • This process has been happening for billions of years and is why the Earth's rotation is slowing down, making our days longer.

The Universe Has a "Cosmic Microwave Background" (CMB): • This is the oldest light in the universe, a faint glow of radiation left over from the Bi Bang. • It's like an echo of the universe's infancy, providing crucial evidence for the Big Bang theory and helping us understand the early universe.

• 🕰️ A day on Venus is longer than its year

Two diamond shaped, rubble-pile asteroids have been observed near Earth, and were photographed by unmanned spacecrafts in 2018 and 2019. Scientists at OIST and Rutgers University have used a simple model normally reserved for the flow of grains to explain their unusual shape. In this image, a photograph of one of the asteroids, Bennu, is shown on the left. On the right, a simulation using the model is shown. As can be seen, the shape of the simulation matches that of Bennu.

There are "Rogue Planets": Some planets don’t orbit any star at all. They wander through the cold darkness of interstellar space alone, having been kicked out of their original solar systems.

Today we are going to have discussions Topic Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life? Share why you don't believe or believe any thing rather than politics and bad words is allowed Comment 👇

Did you know? There’s a planet made of diamond! 💎✨ Scientists discovered a planet called 55 Cancri e, about 40 light-years away, that is mostly made of carbon. Because of the extreme pressure and heat, most of that carbon is thought to be in the form of diamond!

The Great Red Spot is shrinking: Jupiter’s famous storm, which has been raging for at least 300 years and was once large enough to fit three Earths inside, is currently getting smaller and more circular.

Dark matter and dark energy are mysterious components: They are thought to make up about 95% of the universe's total mass-energy, yet they are invisible and undetectable by current methods. We only infer their existence through their gravitational effects.

Instant Void: Space is completely silent (no air to carry sound).

Moon Drift: The Moon moves 3.8 cm/year farther from Earth.

🚀 Hey everyone! I’m back! Sorry for being inactive lately but starting today, this astronomy channel is officially active again! 🌌✨ We’re going to have: 🌠 Daily astronomy posts 🪐 Fun discussions & deep debates 🌍 Space facts, discoveries, and mysteries 🌙 Q&A sessions where you can ask anything Let’s rebuild the community and make this the best space channel out there. Stay active, drop your ideas, and let’s explore the universe together! 🚀💫

Did You Know that Sunlight takes just 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach Earth.

Neutron Stars are Incredibly Smooth: Despite their extreme density and gravity, the surface of a neutron star is thought to be incredibly smooth, with irregularities no more than a few millimeters high. If a neutron star were scaled up to the size of Earth, its mountains would be only a few micrometers tall!

#EASY_QUESTION 1, How many inferior planets are there in the Solar System? Name them.