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New Minor Planet Spotted Past Pluto, One of the Largest Distant Objects in the Solar System
There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...
In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...
An extreme cousin for Pluto? Possible dwarf planet discovered at solar system's edge
A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...
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Newest Member Of The Solar System Just Announced – And It’s In An Extreme Orbit
T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...
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What Swapping the Orbits of These Planets Would Do to the Solar System
The curious minds at What If investigate the cosmic chaos caused by swapping the orbits of certain planets in our solar ...
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In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to ...