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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives its first close-up solar encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 June ...
A 'planetary parade' will dance across the sky on Jan. 21 — but that's not the best night to see it
Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
"Kiss and capture": New theory explains how Pluto captured its biggest moon
“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...
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Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is ...
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.