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8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know...
The Solar System Is Weirder Than You Think
Hackaday· 15 hours agoWhen I was a kid, the solar system was simple. There were nine planets and they all orbited in more-or-less circles ...
Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAstronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 7 hours agoA newly discovered exoplanet, with its remarkably temperate surface temperature, is suddenly one of the most intriguing objects in our immediate celestial neighborhood. This ...
Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive...
Science Daily· 5 days agoA new study of the dynamics of white dwarf systems suggests that, in theory, some watery planets may indeed thread ...
How long would it take to reach Planet 9, if we ever find it?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSome experts believe that the solar system's hypothetical ninth planet could be just a few years...
Unexpected Find: Webb Discovers Mystery Sulfur on Distant Planet
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoGJ 3470 b is a gas dwarf with unexpected sulfur dioxide in its atmosphere. This discovery provides...
Eccentric Oddities: Surprise Discovery of Mysterious Mini-Neptune Exoplanets
SciTechDaily· 5 hours agoResearchers discovered four mini-Neptunes with volatile-rich compositions around red dwarfs, using...
5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain
LiveScience· 4 days agoCould an invisible planet lurk at the edge of our solar system? Can black holes ricochet through...
Ian Sample, The Guardian
The Raw Story· 8 hours agoThe face of Pluto emerged from the gloom to reveal a dazzling landscape of ridges, ice mountains and plains of solid nitrogen hundreds of miles wide. Robots on the ground and in< ...