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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mason Wakley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xWpnVwHji2zhBE67LGeaNd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neptune (left) and Uranus (right) might be rockier than they seem.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neptune (left) and Uranus (right) might be rockier than they seem]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The final 'planet parade' of 2025 rises Sunday. Here's how to see the full 6-planet show. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Six of Earth's neighboring planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will briefly appear in the sky on the same night, starting Sunday (Aug. 17). ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9y9tebJdZDfiefXMjBEMrD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;parade&quot; of six planets, four visible to the naked eye, will be seen this August. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of many planets visible in the night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:50:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AjsRqHTpiATdkNBfDkYB4a-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a transneptunian object dancing in harmony with Neptune]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ann illustration shows a transneptunian object dancing in harmony with Neptune]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Which planets have rings? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does Jupiter have rings? How about Uranus? Here's everything you need to know about which planets have rings. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 May 2025 22:26:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Briley Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pCdYG3BFYWvUAFwTynzqo4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft. Whether we can see planetary rings from Earth depends on what they&#039;re made of.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite image of the rings on Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers identify first 'good' candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new findings were met with some skepticism. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2R9bJt9giE7k5uhiALkqXB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Planet Nine&#039;s existence might explain the peculiar orbit of some objects in the Kuiper Belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the hypothetical Planet Nine in the solar system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope captures auroras on Neptune for first time ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:06:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UCjbbmHZVCSs92vX6ayuQT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria University), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Stefanie Milam (NASA-GSFC)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The James Webb Space Telescope detected infrared auroras on Neptune for the first time. The auroras are shown in cyan in this enhanced-color image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blurry image of Neptune with cyan-colored cloudy shapes on its surface]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Planet parade' photo captures 7 planets in a line over Earth — possibly for the 1st time ever ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/planet-parade-photo-captures-7-planets-in-a-line-over-earth-possibly-for-the-1st-time-ever</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from Earth. The image could be the first of its kind. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:48:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:49:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/veSXv8tat2YDcj85bk9BNW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The composite image shows seven of the solar system&#039;s planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The composite image shows seven of the solar system&#039;s planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Planet parade' 2025: See the ultra-rare planetary alignment peak this week, before Saturn gets swallowed by the sunset ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning "parade of planets" will grace the night sky this week, with all seven of Earth's celestial neighbors joining the show. Here's how to spot it and why it happens. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:33:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LeQSLFCjkF8jL4v8N3FY4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the solar system&#039;s planets in alignment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the solar system&#039;s planets in alignment.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Parisian photographer produces phenomenal, perfectly-proportioned 'planetary parade' portrait ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single evening, and rearranged them to create a striking composite image. Each "planetary parade" member was captured with the same magnification, meaning they are perfectly scaled. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E8bGDnrq8yTeWHnxnpnEJZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gwenaël Blanck]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An astrophotographer captured shots of seven solar system worlds during an 80-minute period on Feb. 2 and arranged them into a straight line. (From left to right: the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.) ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a line. Their sizes vary due to their distances from Earth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:52:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Asteroids]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hbkXMxX5Kt45s6UTv9BZQM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New JWST observations suggest that the centaur Chiron&#039;s surface contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ices, while its gaseous coma contains carbon dioxide and methane.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artistic representation of an active centaur like Chiron. The different colors in the coma indicate varying compositions of gas, ice, and dust]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists finally know why ultraviolent superstorms flare up on Uranus and Neptune  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists finally know why ultraviolent superstorms flare up on Uranus and Neptune ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pmsutter@gmail.com (Paul Sutter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PYrQZE6gEgveSQqMBEGWVT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of a storm on Uranus in 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blurry image of a blue planet with a large white storm cloud enveloping the upper half]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: 1st-ever close-up of Neptune is Voyager 2's final portrait of a planet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v87oBEtBUAN6CTMJYfahLm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A false color photograph of Neptune was made from Voyager 2 images taken through three filters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blue and red sphere on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How long would it take to reach Planet 9, if we ever find it? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some experts believe that the solar system's hypothetical ninth planet could be just a few years away from being discovered. If this is the case, how long would it take for humans to send probes to the elusive world? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JpgxRtvMNUm6hVH8Wom2NS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Planet Nine is a theoretical planet in the outer solar system that has proved to be extremely hard to find.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artists intepretation of Planet Nine  shows a large dark planet with the sun in the distance]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over Earth. It was captured from the U.K. on June 1. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gdN3bMdfqPzVgsdhAQTsNN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The composite image shows the planetary parade, along with the moon, during the early hours of June 1.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The composite image shows the planetary parade, along with the moon, during the early hours of June 1.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Things are finally looking up for the Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two of the four science instruments aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft are now returning usable data after months of transmitting only gibberish, NASA scientists have announced. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monisha Ravisetti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NSEdPEbDCFxgytGKxnTW8D-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Voyager 1 is seen with the sun in the background in this screencap from a 3D visualization of the craft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Voyager 1]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A 'parade of planets' is coming on June 3. Here's what you can actually expect to see. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Six worlds will align for a "parade of planets" on June 3, although only a few of them will be visible to the naked eye. Here's what you need to know about the rare alignment. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WwZdFUBNG8m6cHZnmiT7GD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The planets and larger moons to scale with the Sun.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The planets and larger moons to scale with the Sun.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Deepa Jain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WJiPjZ5gKsrcUq72psaZ6V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Uranus glows within its shell of bright rings in this James Webb Space Telescope image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Uranus.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Have all 8 planets ever aligned? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/have-all-8-planets-ever-aligned</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The solar system's eight planets will never truly be in a straight line, but they can get close to it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B8ypgZ9gvzWJmRbu3nRSGa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The last time the eight planets were grouped within 30 degrees of each other was Jan. 1, 1665.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Sun, followed by Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune &amp; Pluto.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7MaFVkD87Y67PK23Gy6wMj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neptune (right) and Uranus (bottom left) have both gained at least one extra moon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Neptune and some of its moons with Uranus and the sun in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:34:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FYrYkNActvEGzFBTzR8weD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Images of Uranus taken by the HST/WFC3 from 2015 to 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neptune and Uranus colors.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 out-of-this-world solar system discoveries made in 2023 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From Mercury to Pluto (and maybe even Planet Nine), here are some of 2023's most intriguing discoveries about the planets, moons and other bodies in our solar system. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rHCDvnKSyQ2x8pgfomEkeg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The view shown here is an orthographic projection of Mercury&#039;s south polar region, colored by an illumination map.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The view shown here is an orthographic projection of Mercury&#039;s south polar region, colored by an illumination map.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How many times has Earth orbited the sun? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FKSKQ5QRi4V7QGZX2gpeVW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neptune keeps growing enormous dark and bright spots, and scientists don't know why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are still in the dark about what is causing a huge shadowy patch to appear against the blue background of Neptune’s sky. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:01:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zaaCmJJwWzrvR3DUu9epqi-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image shows Neptune observed with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope. A dark spot can be seen in the upper right.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This image shows Neptune observed with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope. A dark spot can be seen in the upper right.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ All of Neptune's clouds have mysteriously disappeared, and the sun may be to blame ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The disappearance of the gas giant's clouds is tied to the sun's 11-year cycle. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sv43Dqe7VmW6JAd9ojSBzP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of Neptune, with faint streaks of wispy white clouds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of Neptune, with faint streaks of wispy white clouds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope discovers ancient 'water world' in nearby star system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope took its first close look at a "mini-Neptune" — the most common type of planet beyond our solar system — and found signs of water. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 20:18:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Briley Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sti5fRjWvjtcArcQKF54q8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the mini-Neptune planet, cloaked in a hazy atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the mini-Neptune planet, colored peach and cloaked in a hazy atmosphere against the dark background of space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare red asteroids around Neptune could reveal the secrets of the early solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing what asteroids may have been like in the early days of the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fZD3CK3kUTot95dpzs6QeQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Telescope images of Neptune&#039;s rare red asteroids taken with taken with the Palomar 200-inch, Gemini and Keck telescopes]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Telescope images of Neptune&#039;s rare red asteroids taken with taken with the Palomar 200-inch, Gemini and Keck telescopes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Impossible' new ring system discovered at the edge of the solar system, and scientists are baffled ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A ring looping around the icy dwarf planet Quaoar is located much farther from its parent body than scientists thought was possible. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/28GhDcH8BH7Sf4xnge2o5o-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the dwarf planet Quaoar, located beyond Neptune]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the dwarf planet Quaoar, located beyond Neptune]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,600-year-old mosaic of Hercules and Neptune's 40 mistresses unearthed in war-torn Syria ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Syria have discovered a stunning mosaic featuring depictions of the Trojan War, Hercules and Neptune dating to the fourth century A.D. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:28:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HNvbNooSPTo7suCmc9SavF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artisans used colorful, small stones to craft the fourth century A.D. mosaic found in Syria. Photographed on Oct. 12, 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artisans used colorful, small stones to craft the fourth century A.D. mosaic found in Syria. Photographed on Oct. 12, 2022.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ghostly rings of Neptune shine in new James Webb Telescope images ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on Neptune to reveal the icy planet's collection of little-known rings ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:42:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7f6tPx25BguUuLFKzauPiT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neptune and its rings glow eerie white in this new James Webb Space Telescope images]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neptune and its rings glow eerie white in this new James Webb Space Telescope images]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neptune: The farthest planet from our sun ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system and home to blistering winds and diamond rain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 17:36:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NrpYyu3sEmB5pcry9rWMk8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 on August 16, 1989.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 on August 16, 1989.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers perplexed by plummeting temperatures in Neptune's atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A surprising new study has revealed that atmospheric temperatures in Neptune's southern hemisphere have decreased in the past 17 years, despite the region entering its summer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ssSah43cY5s4NLvtnm2hJg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An image of Neptune captured by Voyager 2 in 1989. New infrared images of the planet has revealed some surprising temperatures in its atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of Neptune captured by Voyager 2 in 1989. New infrared images of the planet has revealed some surprising temperatures in its atmosphere.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Diamond rain' on Uranus and Neptune seems likely ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hiding beneath the outer layers of some planets, there may be something spectacular: a constant rain of diamonds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pmsutter@gmail.com (Paul Sutter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yq4UeuM6bHnjT3DnuXbcth-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This illustration shows the diamond rain on Neptune.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This illustration shows the diamond rain on Neptune.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lucy mission: NASA's asteroid explorer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The NASA Lucy mission will explore ancient asteroids in the farthest reaches of the solar system. Here’s how the NASA Lucy spacecraft will get the job done. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Jennings ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mQErWQS27s7r2GjXDjaYDe-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Lucy mission spacecraft passing Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Lucy mission spacecraft ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:35:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tereza Pultarova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gezrSz3RYfcVL2ez5hwYcb-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist’s impression of a mushball descending through a giant planet’s atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist’s impression of a mushball descending through a giant planet’s atmosphere.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jonathan.d.ocallaghan@gmail.com (Jonathan O&#039;Callaghan) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan O&#039;Callaghan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LjaNQq7CJNefvDP3Q8zuzP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[mars dust storm]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mars dust storm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Farfarout' is most distant object in our solar system. But it's not Planet Nine. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's a dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, that swings so far away from the sun that from its perspective Earth and Saturn look like neighbors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cbsookJ7MNUrqMCAGuVFTf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Scott S. Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TR4bCaLhBHynfai6GWsQx3-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Federico Grasselli]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In a new study, researchers have modeled the interiors of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In a new study, researchers have modeled the interiors of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Does Planet Nine really exist? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the past few years, the possibility of a new (and big!) planet hanging around in the far outer solar system has tantalized scientists and the public alike. Is "Planet Nine" out there or not? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:29:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pmsutter@gmail.com (Paul Sutter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mKf8LEe9MHmJ4mXkdvEDdn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of Planet Nine, a world about 10 times more massive than Earth that may lie undiscovered in the far outer solar system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of Planet Nine, a world about 10 times more massive than Earth that may lie undiscovered in the far outer solar system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neptune's Wobbling Moons Are Locked in a Never-Before-Seen Orbital Dance ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Standing on one moon, you'd see the other pass overhead twice before ducking around to pass on the other side. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:08:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xSE37okTV3R4rjStFSkeGT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A NASA illustration shows Neptune&#039;s moons. In the foreground is Hippocamp, discovered in 2013. In a recent paper, astronomers mapped the orbits of the planet&#039;s many moons, and discovered an uncommon resonance between two of them.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A NASA illustration shows Neptune&#039;s moons. In the foreground is Hippocamp, discovered in 2013.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ There's Something Strange Going On Inside Neptune ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Neptune is warmer than Uranus and astronomers are trying to figure out why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:07:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Crookes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3dqxFJ4HJrJMFu6n8uBLSe-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[All About Space/Tobias Roetsch]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Something mysterious is going on inside the ice giant Neptune.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Something mysterious is going on inside the ice giant Neptune.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 Interesting Places in the Solar System We'd Like to Visit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Counting down the weirdest spots in our cosmic backyard. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:43:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:53:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Adam Mann ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/amNNn8XdMxetBZXWLizm2N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This dramatic view of Jupiter&#039;s Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by NASA&#039;s Voyager 1 on Feb. 25, 1979. The colorful, wavy cloud pattern to the left of the Red Spot is a region of extraordinarily complex end variable wave motion. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Solar System objects]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's Smallest Moon Has a Name (and a Violent Past) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:31:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dDrLQ6TBx8o7jNwtE8aVzm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[J. Olmsted (STScI)/NASA/ESA]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of Netpune&#039;s smallest moon Hippocamp in orbit around the gas giant. It&#039;s just 20 miles across.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hippocamp, neptune]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No Planet Nine? Weird Orbits of Distant Objects May Have Different Explanation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The weirdly clustered orbits of some far-flung bodies in our solar system can be explained without invoking a big, undiscovered "Planet Nine," a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:56:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S9VhzszfcQeaqFh7va7zXS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[R. Hurt (IPAC)/Caltech]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of Planet Nine, a hypothetical world that some scientists think lurks undiscovered in the far outer solar system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Planet Nine: Artist&#039;s Illustration]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Origin Story of Rosetta Comet Is Weird, and Ends with a Rubber Ducky ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rosetta's weirdly shaped comet may have formed in a cosmic kiss inside a dirt cloud, thanks in part to Neptune's protective shadow. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/85RiCFprwxFLjYaVT3Xu2F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This Ice Is Nearly As Hot As the Sun. Scientists Have Now Made It on Earth. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the first time, researchers re-created the high-pressure water ice likely found in the interiors of Uranus and Neptune. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:33:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/96e4u2u6t5euX2quLZk2Vj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[M. Millot/E. Kowaluk/J.Wickboldt/LLNL/LLE/NIF]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Time-integrated image of a laser-driven, high-pressure experiment to produce superionic ice.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[superionic water setup]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Planet Nine Does Exist, NASA Evidence Suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mounting evidence suggests it's hard to imagine our solar system without the unseen world dubbed Planet Nine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:58:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:03:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mKf8LEe9MHmJ4mXkdvEDdn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of Planet Nine, a world about 10 times more massive than Earth that may lie undiscovered in the far outer solar system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of Planet Nine, a world about 10 times more massive than Earth that may lie undiscovered in the far outer solar system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Icy Planets' Diamond Rain Created in Laser Laboratory ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Diamond rain" that may shower through the layers of Neptune and Uranus has been created in a laboratory for the first time, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:08:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:58:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/89kgFPd5VDqKzRqYeoCKo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A cutaway shows the interior of Neptune (left). In an experiment conducted at the Linac Coherent Light Source, researchers used high pressures and high temperatures to simulate the formation of &quot;diamond rain&quot; in the interiors of icy giant planets like Neptune.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neptune cutaway graphic]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do other planets have solar eclipses? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As Earthlings, we have the privilege of ooohing and aaahing at total solar eclipses, those celestial events in which the moon blocks the sun's light from hitting our planet. But is Earth the only world in our solar system that experiences this phenomenon? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2017 12:23:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:04:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jSVvXsaZTQ9xuaepAvGGDj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&amp;M University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Mars rover Curiosity took these images of an annular, or ring, eclipse as Mars&#039; largest moon, Phobos, passed directly in front of the sun on Aug. 20, 2013. The photos were taken 3 seconds apart. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars annular eclipse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered another dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, the ring of icy objects beyond Neptune. This newfound world, dubbed 2015 RR245, is much more distant than Pluto, orbiting the sun once every 700 Earth years, scientists said. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J6punBDKoTMfxU9JGceQ7o-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alex Parker/OSSOS team]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Odd 'Dark Hydrogen' May Lurk Within Jupiter, Other Giant Planets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A strange form of hydrogen likely lies between the gaseous hydrogen in the clouds of gas giants such as Saturn and Jupiter and the liquid-metal hydrogen found in these planets' cores, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vF5yQDyq9qg4CErkyDWNgc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Laboratory experiments suggest that a layer of &quot;dark hydrogen&quot; lies between the atmospheres and cores of Jupiter and other gas giants. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[&#039;Dark Hydrogen&#039; Within Jupiter]]></media:text>
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