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It Took Pluto Nearly 250 Years to Finally Orbit the Sun — Here's Why
How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.
A “Crazy Idea” Proven True: Pluto’s Breath Changes Its Moon’s Color
JWST has confirmed Pluto’s bizarre atmospheric behavior and its ghostly interaction with Charon. These findings could reshape ...
Earth's newest telescope could discover Planet 9—and solve other huge mysteries
No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...
It turns out weather on other planets is a lot like on Earth
If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...
Stellar flybys have not altered Earth's climate in the past 56 million years, study finds
If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, the moon moves through light and shadow, and the sun hangs in the sky. But ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense ...
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4 tiny, Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us — and could be visited by future human generations - MSN
Astronomers have long suspected that there was at least one exoplanet orbiting Barnard's Star — a red dwarf with a mass ...
Researchers Find New Planet Larger Than Jupiter Through Rare Einstein-Predicted Method
Researchers from Vilnius University’s Faculty of Physics, along with other scientists, have recently discovered a new ...