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High-resolution Sunspot

Sunspots are regions of reduced surface temperature caused by intense magnetic fields.

Sunspots, like this one for example, can roughly be of the size of Earth(~12,000 km). The largest ones can span even up to 160,000 Km, which is roughly 13 times our Earth's size!

Credit: Luc Rouppe van der Voort, Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope.

u/archiopteryx14 — 24 days ago
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Mount Roraima is over 2 billion years old, predating animals, trees, and dinosaurs. Its sheer 400-meter cliffs isolate an ecosystem found nowhere else on Earth

u/BryanJonestown — 1 month ago
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The Rotation of the Planets in Our Solar System Is Far More Fascinating Than I Ever Expected

u/AlecZander77 — 1 month ago
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A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed no signs of chest pain, breathing problems, coughing, or fever, and was otherwise in good health.

u/AugustIstheMonth — 2 months ago
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The reason why large asteroids don't typically crash to Earth is because Jupiter's gravity attracts them, protecting the inner planets like a shield. The Design is perfect!

u/Sure-Bookkeeper2795 — 2 months ago
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“Pan” is the innermost named moon of Saturn. It is sometimes described as having the appearance of a walnut, or ravioli

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