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Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...
And Back - The Super Soldiers Defending the Kuiper Belt On April 7, 2016, the team running NASA’s New Horizons mission were ...
Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...
For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...
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Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.
For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.
"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...
The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...
For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether ...
The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It ...