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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.
Jupiter, roughly 562 million miles from Earth today, has nearly 100 moons. But Batygin and his collaborator Fred Adams' ...
Some parts of Trump’s proposed budget for NASA are literally draconian
NASA's initiatives to pioneer next-generation space technologies are also hit hard in the White House's budget proposal. If the Trump administration gets its way, NASA's Space Technology Mission ...
10 amazing images to mark 60 years of U.S. spacewalks
To mark the 60th anniversary since the first U.S. spacewalk, we’ve compiled a collection of 10 awesome images captured during ...
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Newest Member Of The Solar System Just Announced – And It’s In An Extreme Orbit
T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...
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Worlds apart, cameras alike? NASA scientist explains interplanetary photography (and its Earthly similarities)
Ever wonder how NASA captures stunning images from deep space probes? Interplanetary scientist John Spencer takes us behind ...
A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’ Atmosphere
Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...
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Far beyond Pluto: Scientists spot mysterious new world on solar system’s edge
Scientists have discovered a mysterious new object far beyond Neptune, and it could be one of the most distant dwarf planets ...
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Scientists discover mysterious Pluto-like object at the edge of the solar system
Scientists believe such an extreme orbit means the object was pushed and pulled by the gravity of giant planets like Jupiter ...