A student has unraveled a long-standing cosmic enigma concerning some of our solar system’s most peculiar objects: icy “snowmen” that populate its outer reaches, according to The Independent.

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He thought he’d struck gold in Victoria’s historic fields. Instead, a stubborn, unbreakable rock that defied saws, acid, and a sledgehammer hid a secret billions of years in the making.

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At a total budget of $94 million between the sibling versions installed at Legoland Florida and California, Galacticoaster is the biggest investment yet in North America for Merlin Entertainment.