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Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 59 minutes agoAn interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun...
A distant, young star can reveal secrets of how planets form
Astronomy Magazine· 20 hours agoA star about 600 light-years away is giving astronomers a front-row view to the environments in...
19 celestial objects in our solar system that aren't planets
Quartz· 6 days agoScientists knew little about this icy world until the New Horizons mission probed the object in...
New Paper Shakes Up Current Theories Of Planet Formation
Forbes· 1 day agoThe conventional view of solar system formation has long been that planets are simply byproducts of...
Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth
LiveScience· 3 days agoA rare and stunning photo recently captured a "parade of planets," in which six planets in our solar...
U of A scale model solar system extends off campus to add Pluto's broken heart
Arizona Daily Star· 6 days agoPluto has been added to the University of Arizona’s scale-model walking tour of the solar system,...
One last chance to see 6 planets align in Kentucky and Indiana skies; Here’s how to view it
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 4 days agoNow, this week, there’s a chance you’ll get to see six planets in our solar system align across the...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe closest exoplanet – a planet orbiting a star that is not our Sun – is Proxima Centauri b, and...
New Telescope Images of Io are so Good, it Looks like a Spacecraft Took Them
Universe Today· 6 days agoWith two primary mirrors measuring 8.4 m (~27.5 ft), it has a collecting area slightly greater than...
How auroras on Earth, Saturn and Jupiter could help forecast risky space weather
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoScientists have investigated the different factors shaping celestial light-shows over Earth, Saturn...