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Which planet is closest to the sun?
But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...
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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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How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
When (and How) to Watch This Month's 'Planet Parade'
Spotting one or two of the planets in our solar system is well worth a good skywatch, but seeing (almost) all of them in a ...
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A Mysterious Object Visited Our Solar System And Altered The Orbits Of Four Planets
Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post ...
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Skywatch: Meet the stars of the planetary alignment
In addition to passing around the sun’s far side, the two inner planets, Venus and Mercury, pass between us and the sun. Uranus and Neptune, regardless of where they were in their orbits ...
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Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Celestial Event: Mars Makes a Stunning Close Approach to the Moon
Jupiter and Mars will take turns aligning with the moon, creating a breathtaking celestial spectacle that will light up the ...
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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
These instruments measure what's termed 'radial velocity' — the amount by which a star wobbles around the center ... In the ...