Researchers have theorised that a primordial stellar intruder not only stole material from our Solar System, but mixed up the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects
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Very Large Telescope uses new optics to gather strikingly sharp images
ESO commemorate the newly installed adaptive optics on the Very Large Telescope by imaging celestial objects in remarkable detail
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Why is Uranus colder than Neptune?
Why is the furthest planet from the Sun, Neptune, warmer than Uranus?
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Is it possible for Neptune and Pluto to collide given that their orbits cross?
A head-on collision, a near miss or not even possible? We find out if these two planets can actually collide
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Astronomers use car engines to investigate hot exoplanet atmospheres
The results of a collaboration between French astronomers and applied combustion experts have been presented at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
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Why are all the planets different colours if they formed at the same time?
We take a look at why the members of the Solar System vary in colour
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Strange storm spotted fading from Neptune’s surface
The Hubble Space Telescope has watched as an enormous storm slowly vanishes on the surface of Neptune
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Mystery solved! How Saturn got its rings
The new results also provide insight into the rings of other giant planets
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Astronomers solve mystery behind how minor planets get their rings
A team of researchers has clarified the origin of the features recently discovered around two tiny worlds
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Astronomers find dwarf planet beyond orbit of Neptune
The new object is roughly 435 miles in size and has one of the largest orbits for a minor world
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Hubble captures Neptune’s vortex in new image
New images obtained by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of the ice giant
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Astronomers find small Neptunes orbiting “in step” around star
The exoplanets are nestled close to their star, orbiting in a unique resonance that has been locked in for billions of years
The Solar System can now fit in your pocket!
We’ve produced several amazing bookazines on the wonders of space, such as Tour of the Universe and Complete History of the Universe, both of which are detailed and in-depth explorations of our current knowledge of space and exploration. This time, however, we wanted to take all we know about space and condense it to the […]
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Have we really found a new planet in our Solar System?
Check out NASA’s discussion on the possible discovery of a new “Planet 9”
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VIDEO: Take a tour of Pluto in high definition!
Composed of the sharpest views of Pluto, this movie shows the images NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its flyby of the dwarf planet on 14 July
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Mars slowly crushing its moon into a planetary ring, study finds
Phobos’ shredded pieces are likely to be strewn around the Red Planet in a ring similar to those circling Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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Mars’ moon Phobos found to be falling apart
The long, shallow grooves lining the satellite’s surface are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars
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Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot captured by Hubble
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced new maps of Jupiter – the first in a series of annual portraits of the Solar System’s outer planets
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Badly behaved Neptune to help improve space weather forecasts
Neptune’s magnetic field could help us to improve our ability to forecast space weather events such as solar storms
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How big is the Solar System?
We find out how vast our solar neighbourhood really is