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The cosmic microwave background is ~2.7 K
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The cosmic microwave background is ~2.7 K

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The Chandrasekhar limit is about 1.4 solar masses
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The Chandrasekhar limit is about 1.4 solar masses

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The observable universe is about 93 billion light-years across
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The observable universe is about 93 billion light-years across

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A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons
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A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons

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The cosmic microwave background is leftover light from the Big Bang
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The cosmic microwave background is leftover light from the Big Bang

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Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth
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Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth

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A neutron star is only about 20 kilometers across
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A neutron star is only about 20 kilometers across

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A supernova can briefly outshine its whole galaxy
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A supernova can briefly outshine its whole galaxy

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Nothing can escape once past a black hole’s event horizon
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Nothing can escape once past a black hole’s event horizon

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A white dwarf can pack a Sun’s mass into an Earth-sized ball
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A white dwarf can pack a Sun’s mass into an Earth-sized ball

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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star beyond our Sun
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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star beyond our Sun

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The Sun converts about 4 million tons of mass to energy every second
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The Sun converts about 4 million tons of mass to energy every second

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There are about 10²² to 10²⁴ stars in the observable universe
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There are about 10²² to 10²⁴ stars in the observable universe

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Sagittarius A* weighs about 4 million Suns
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Sagittarius A* weighs about 4 million Suns

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The Sun holds about 99.8% of the solar system’s mass
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The Sun holds about 99.8% of the solar system’s mass

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Betelgeuse could swallow the orbit of Mars
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Betelgeuse could swallow the orbit of Mars

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The Milky Way and Andromeda are on a collision course
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The Milky Way and Andromeda are on a collision course

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One light-year is about 9.5 trillion kilometers
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One light-year is about 9.5 trillion kilometers

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The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across
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The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across

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A Fermi paradox asks: where is everybody?
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A Fermi paradox asks: where is everybody?

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TRAPPIST-1 hosts seven Earth-size planets

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Quasar light reveals intervening gas through absorption lines

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Pulsar timing arrays listen for nanohertz gravitational waves

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Interferometry baselines turn separated dishes into one sharp eye

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Proxima b orbits in the habitable zone of the nearest other star

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