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If The Sun's Gravity Is So Strong, How Come All The Planets Are Moving Away From It?
The movements of the planets in the Solar System are pretty difficult to get your head around, even before we get started on ...
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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew
We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
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The sun's poles may have powerful magnetic tornadoes
Researchers simulated the sun’s polar vortices using computer models, which suggest the vortices are likely driven by ...
Solar wind power likely governs Uranus' thermosphere temperature
Uranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown why. Observations from Earth have shown ...
MIT scientists study particles from distant asteroid for clues to the outer solar system’s origin
We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
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Solar System’s Ancient Magnetic Field Found Thanks To Tiny Grain From Asteroid Ryugu
The formation of planets is not completely understood, but it is believed that it is not just gravity pulling matter together ...
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
RANKED! 6 Fastest-Moving Planets in Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of Sun and celestial bodies bound to it by gravity, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets ...
Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system's origins
Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...
New solar composition ratios that could reconcile longstanding questions
A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...