planets
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Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are as well known as Earth, Jupiter, or other celestial bodies with main character energy, they still make up a valuable part…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Evidence of a Turbulent River on Mars
The Perseverance rover mission on Mars is exploring a dried-up river delta that once fed into a large crater lake on the planet. Now, NASA scientists have found evidence of one such river, which was apparently deeper and faster-moving than previously discovered ancient waterways.
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What’s That Big White Splotch on Uranus?
With all the fanfare around the Webb Space Telescope, it’s easy to forget about the tireless work of Hubble, its predecessor. The 30-year-old orbiting observatory has taken new images of Jupiter and Uranus that reveal recent changes in the atmospheres of the two worlds.
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Curiosity Rover Finds Foot-Long Meteorite on Martian Surface
NASA’s Curiosity rover found a meteorite as it was trucking across Mars last week.