How much of the solar system's mass is in the Sun?
The Sun contains about 99.8% of all the mass in our solar system.
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- When were gravitational waves first detected?
“Gravitational waves from two merging black holes were first detected by LIGO in 2015.”
Reference: LIGO
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What is Hawking radiation?
Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes slowly give off energy, now called Hawking radiation.
How long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth, so we always see the Sun as it was a few minutes ago.