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Rogue Planet’s Approach Could Reshape Solar System Dynamics
Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...
Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...
Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.
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A Lonely Giant: Astronomers Track a Jupiter-Sized Planet Drifting Toward Us
Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the ...
The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...
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Exoplanet Discoveries Pass the 6,000 Mark, Shedding Light on How Our Solar System Compares to the Rest of the Universe
The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...
New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...
The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...
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