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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
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An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
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Why do the solar system's planets have different compositions?
If everything in our solar system formed from the same solar nebula, why do the planets have different compositions? Herbert WichTitusville, Florida To better understand why the planets have variable ...
Astronomers Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 Star Could Be Peering Back At Earth
A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Phenomena Behind the Deaths of Mysterious “Disintegrating Planets”
New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...
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Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...
Planet formation favors the metal-rich inner Milky Way
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers ...
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UNH-built instrument to observe galactic matter is readying for launch
Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...