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Exploring the Strangest Locations in the Universe, Where the Rules of Nature Don’t Always Apply
Void (noun): A large, empty area in space.
Light year (noun): The length light travels in one year — it’s a way to measure really big distances in space.
Some places in the Universe are super strange and don’t follow the same rules we know here on Earth!
55 Cancri e One of these places is a planet called 55 Cancri e. This planet is very far away, and it might be made of diamonds! It’s so hot there that the heat makes it possible for diamonds to form.
Vega
Another weird place is Vega, a star that spins way faster than the Sun. It’s not round like our Sun but looks more like an egg!
Voids
There are also “voids” in space, which are huge, empty spots where almost nothing can be found. They stretch over millions of miles!
Blood Falls
Earth has strange places too! One example is Blood Falls in Antarctica, a waterfall with red water that looks like blood.
Fermi Bubbles
In our own galaxy there are giant bubbles made of energy, which stretch 25,000 light years above and below the center of the Milky Way.
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Void (noun): A large, empty area in space.
Light year (noun): The length light travels in one year — it’s a way to measure really big distances in space.