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Pluto isn't a planet — but it gives us clues on how the solar system formed : Short Wave
NPR· 2 days agoplanetary scientist Wladymir Lyra says that even though it was downgraded to a dwarf planet, Pluto...
The Solar System Is Weirder Than You Think
Hackaday· 3 days agoWhen I was a kid, the solar system was simple. There were nine planets and they all orbited in more-or-less circles around the sun. It ...
8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know...
Summer Solstice 2024 is the earliest in over 200 years!
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago(princessdlaf/Getty Images) Globes are...reflect the 23.4° tilt of Earth's axis, compared to the...
Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAstronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for...
Is an old NASA probe about to redraw the frontier of the solar system?
New Scientist· 1 day agoNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling out of the solar system at an incredible speed. It is currently about 8 billion kilometres from the sun, and ...
Largest Flare In This Solar Cycle Was Seen By Spacecraft From Mercury To Mars
IFLScience· 17 hours agoThe whole inner Solar System was blasted with intense plasma back in May. Most of it came from a...
The strange new worlds scientists have discovered this year
Mashable· 5 days agoAstronomers continue to discover worlds beyond Earth's solar system, detecting hundreds of new ones...
An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoTwo million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Be Younger Than The United States
IFLScience· 20 hours agoJupiter’s Great Red Spot – a storm larger than our whole planet – is one of the most visible...