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Weird Science from Space: Facts You’ve Never Heard About the Universe

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  Space isn’t just big—it’s weird . It’s a cosmic playground where the rules of reality bend, twist, and sometimes break altogether. We’ve mapped stars, landed on moons, and captured images of black holes, yet the universe still surprises us with mysteries that defy explanation. Here are 12 bizarre and fascinating space facts that show why truth often outshines science fiction. 1. A Planet Made of Diamond 💎 Meet 55 Cancri e , a super-Earth about 40 light-years away. It’s roughly twice Earth’s size, orbits its star in just 18 hours, and has surface conditions so extreme that much of it is believed to be made of carbon. Translation? Its crust could literally be diamond and graphite. If we could mine it, every person on Earth would become a trillionaire overnight—but for now, it’s a shiny gem locked away in the cosmos. 💡 Lesson: The universe hides unimaginable wealth, but distance and physics remind us it’s not easily ours to claim. 2. Stars That Sin g 🎶 Some stars behave like g...