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Jupiter Now Has a Whopping 79 Moons
July 17, 2018 | ArticleScientists have discovered 12 previously unknown moons orbiting Jupiter, and one of them is a real oddball.
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Why Mars Appears to Be Moving Backward
July 16, 2018 | ArticleWhat's really happening when Mars is in retrograde?
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Aliens Are Real, But Humans Will Probably Kill Them All, New Paper Says
June 01, 2018 | ArticleIf aliens are out there, humans might kill them all in their never-ending quest for expansion.
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Here's Why Saturn's Inner Moons Are Shaped Like Ravioli and Potatoes
May 22, 2018 | ArticleThe odd shapes of the inner moons of Saturn, from ravioli to potatoes, may be due to mergers of tiny moonlets, a new study finds.
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Found! New Evidence Suggests Planet Nine Is Real
May 21, 2018 | ArticleThe solar system just got a bit stranger.
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Is Pluto a Planet? That Is the Question ... Again.
May 14, 2018 | ArticleThe long-simmering argument about Pluto's planethood has just flared up again.
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Ancient Asteroid Suggests Gas Giants Once Roved the Solar System Like Unhinged Drunks
May 09, 2018 | ArticleA huge asteroid may be lurking at the fringes of our solar system.
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What Will the Sun Look Like After It Dies?
May 08, 2018 | ArticleWhen our sun finally goes out, what will it look like?
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Google Doodle Honors 'Prince of Mathematicians,' Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
April 30, 2018 | ArticleGerman mathematician Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss used math to find the lost dwarf planet Ceres, and a Google Doodle commemorates what would have been his 241st birthday.
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The Origin Story of Rosetta Comet Is Weird, and Ends with a Rubber Ducky
April 26, 2018 | ArticleRosetta'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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