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Cracks on Pluto's moon Charon may be evidence of a frozen subsurface ocean
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoArtwork of the dwarf planet Pluto (left) and its largest moon Charon. The icy volcanism of Pluto's...
NASA just found a planet almost the size of Earth and it's in the habitable zone of a star
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists with NASA announced they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that is likely rocky – and...
Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAstronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for...
James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could...
Strange, red-glowing planet may be 'melting from within,' scientists report
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn illustration of a glowing planet. A newly discovered planet in a faraway star system appears to...
Io Is a Volcanic Hellscape of Fire and Ice. Let’s Go Explore It.
Slate via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNASA’s Galileo spacecraft caught Jupiter’s moon Io, the planet’s third-largest moon, undergoing a...
'Hidden' planet at edge of our solar system could be five times the size of Earth
Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoScientists believe that a huge planet which has never been seen by astronomers could be lurking,...
8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know...
Orbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPlanets can gravitationally affect each other when their orbits line up. NASA/JPL-Caltech Planets...
A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLiquid water is typically associated with planet Earth, but our solar system hosts surprisingly large volumes of the stuff—you just need to know where to...