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Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later
On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...
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Astronomers Image Dozens of Star Systems Wearing 'Exocomet Belts'
For this, astronomers used two facilities: the Submillimeter Array (SMA), CfA's eight-dish collection of radio telescopes in ...
What Makes Pluto So Intriguing
“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...
Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...
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Dusty Belts Provide Clearer Insights into Exoplanet Formation
The exocomet belts studied by REASONS may resemble our own solar system’s Kuiper Belt, shown in this artist ... Matrà said the team will expand its work through a more detailed study of ...
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AI to power China’s mission to the edges of the solar system
Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries ...