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Something mysterious is going on inside the ice giant Neptune.

November 4, 2019 Science

There’s Something Strange Going On Inside Neptune

When Voyager 2 reached Neptune in 1989, just 12 years after setting off on its historic journey through the solar

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A new SPHERE/VLT image of Hygiea, which could be the Solar System's smallest dwarf planet yet.

October 28, 2019 Science

ESO telescope reveals what could be the smallest dwarf planet yet in the solar system

Astronomers using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified

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September 27, 2019 Science

‘Planet Nine’ may actually be a black hole

For nearly 5 years, growing numbers of scientists have blamed the weird orbits of distant solar system objects on the

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Exoplanet NGTS-4b -- also known as 'The Forbidden Planet' Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick

May 29, 2019 Science

The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

An exoplanet smaller than Neptune with its own atmosphere has been discovered in the Neptunian Desert, by an international collaboration

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Artist's impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System.

May 3, 2019 Science

What makes a planet habitable

Which of Earth’s features were essential for the origin and sustenance of life? And how do scientists identify those features

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Brazilian researchers have identified robust signs of the existence of a giant object

April 9, 2019 Science

Astronomers find evidence of a planet with a mass almost 13 times that of Jupiter

In the past three decades, almost 4,000 planet-like objects have been discovered orbiting isolated stars outside the solar system (exoplanets).

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Our solar system might have once ejected a giant planet that now wanders among the stars, much like the lonely world illustrated here.

October 5, 2018 Science

Orbital Forensics Hint at Sun’s Long-Lost Planet

Our solar system is like a 4.6-billion-year-old crime scene. Crater-ridden surfaces, misaligned planetary orbits and streams of interplanetary debris are

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August 3, 2018 Science

There Is an Absolutely Gigantic Rogue Planet Wandering Our Galactic Neighbourhood

There is a very strange object floating around our stellar neighbourhood and it has astronomers intrigued. It’s very large, and

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July 23, 2018 Science

For The First Time, Scientists Might Have Caught a Star Devouring a Planet

They mystery of why a young star dims every so often may have just been solved. For the first time,

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June 15, 2018 Science

Trio of infant planets discovered around newborn star

Two independent teams of astronomers have uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around an infant star

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June 6, 2018 Science

Theorized Planet Nine Might Actually Be A Cluster Of Little Rocks

There might be a ninth planet lurking at the edges of our solar system. At least, that’s what a number

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October 12, 2017 Science

Devourer of planets? Researchers dub star ‘Kronos’

In mythology, the Titan Kronos devoured his children, including Poseidon (better known as the planet Neptune), Hades (Pluto) and three

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