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So, I assume you know about the seven wonders of the world, right? Well, what if I told you there were 8? That’s right, there are 8 wonders of the world! Or rather, there might be. In 1186 there was an eruption in New Zealand, the eruption of Mount Tarawera...

There are millions of planets in space, but there are a few that really stand out. Today we will be going over 7 of the most extreme planets ever.
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The most recent of these planets is the hottest planet so far! This planet has a surface temperature greater than some stars! Can you believe that?! KELT-9b is that planet, and it supposedly has a surface temperature of 4,300°C! Now for a planet to be...

So, what if our star had a twin? where would it be now, and what do we know about it? Well, according to a new model on the forming of stars. Almost all stars are formed with a litter of at least one sibling. So where exactly is this twin?
For sometime now astronomers have wondered if the large amounts of binary triple systems of stars are created together or if they’re created far apart and drift together. Even though they had different theories, most favoured the “born together” theory...

Have you ever just stopped and thought about which planet was the oldest in our solar system? No? Same here, I’ve never thought about that. Clearly someone did though, because we have an answer to that question. For awhile we didn’t have an answer to...