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Space
The Great Attractor Pulls Our Galaxy Toward an Invisible Cosmic Monster
Our entire galaxy is being dragged through space at 1.4 million mph toward a mysterious gravitational anomaly called the Great Attractor, hidden behind the dust and stars of our own Milky Way.
By Dr. Maya Torres
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Venus Spins So Slowly That Its Day Is Longer Than Its Year
On Venus, a single day lasts 243 Earth days, while a year is only 225 Earth days. This means if you lived on Venus, you'd celebrate your birthday before the sun completed one cycle across the sky.
By Dr. Maya Torres
#mind-blowing
#fun-fact
#beginner-friendly
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There Are More Stars Than Grains of Sand on Earth
The observable universe contains roughly 200 billion trillion stars — that's more than every grain of sand on every beach and desert on our planet.
By Dr. Maya Torres
#mind-blowing
#fun-fact