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  Teleportation

  Teleportation, or teletransportation, is the alleged process of moving objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously, without using conventional transportation. With present ... > more
• Black Holes
  Space Station
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
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  Spacetime

  In physics, spacetime is a model that combines 3-D space and 1-D time into a single construct called the space-time continuum (the 4th ... > more
• Pluto
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  Ceres (dwarf planet)

  Ceres, also designated 1 Ceres or (1) Ceres, is the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one located in the main asteroid belt. With a diameter of about 950 km, Ceres is by far the ... > more
• Quantum Physics
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  Introduction to quantum mechanics

  Quantum mechanics is a physical science dealing with the behaviour of matter and energy on the scale of atoms and subatomic particles / waves. It also forms the basis for the contemporary ... > more
• Quantum Physics
  Physics
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  Quantum Computers
  Quantum Computing
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  Quantum mechanics

  Quantum mechanics is a fundamental branch of theoretical physics that replaces Newtonian mechanics and classical electromagnetism at the atomic and subatomic levels. It is the underlying framework of ... > more
• Saturn
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  Saturn

  Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting of mostly ice particles ... > more
• Kuiper Belt
  Pluto
  Eris (Xena)
  Solar System
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  Eris (dwarf planet)

  Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), orbiting the Sun in a region of space known as the scattered disc, just beyond the Kuiper belt, and ... > more
• Northern Lights
  Solar Flare
  Sun
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  Jupiter
  Black Holes
   
  

  Aurora (astronomy)

  The aurora is a glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. It is also known as "northern lights" or "aurora borealis," which is Latin for "northern dawn" since in Europe especially, ... > more
• Mercury
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  Astronomy
  Sun
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  Pluto
   
  

  Mercury (planet)

  Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. It ranges in brightness from about −2.0 to 5.5 in apparent magnitude, but is not easily ... > more
• Venus
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  Venus

  Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It is the brightest object in the night sky, except for the Moon, reaching an apparent magnitude of -4.6. Venus ... > more

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