Team proposes new solar composition ratios that could reconcile longstanding questions
A Southwest Research Institute-led team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids ...
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One ...
Almost Everything We Know About Planet Uranus May Be Wrong
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
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New solar composition ratios that could reconcile longstanding questions
rocky Pluto-Charon system. "With this research, we think we finally understand the mix of chemical elements that made the solar system," said SwRI's Dr. Christopher Glein, an expert in planetary ...
Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
Pluto Is About to Move into Aquarius—Here’s What It Means for Your Zodiac Sign
This huge astrological shift is a total game-changer. Here’s how Pluto in Aquarius will affect you—for the next two decades.
Fact Check: Yes, This Is a Real NASA Photo of Jupiter
A NASA spokesperson said via email that the image above, which appeared on the agency's website, was not the original, but "a ...
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Is Planet Nine lurking in the solar system?
Scientists have been on the hunt for a possible ninth planet in our solar system for some time ... icy body similar to Earth ...