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Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted
The International
Astronomical Union has
officially recognized the
names Kerberos and Styx for
the fourth and fifth moons
of Pluto respectively
(formerly known as P4 and
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Planet Rings Could Be Behind the Formation of Solar System Satellites
Two researchers have
recently proposed the first
ever model explaining how
the great majority of
regular satellites in our
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Do Missing Jupiters Mean Massive Comet Belts?
Astronomers have discovered
vast comet belts surrounding
two nearby planetary systems
known to host only
Earth-to-Neptune-mass
worlds. The comet reservoirs
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Dwarf Planet Makemake Lacks Atmosphere: Distant Frigid World Reveals Its Secrets for First Time
Dwarf planet Makemake is
about two thirds of the size
of Pluto, and travels around
the Sun in a distant path
that lies beyond that of
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Cosmic Dust Belts Without Dust
July 8, 2013 — Planets and asteroids, red giants and brown dwarfs – there are all kinds of objects in our Universe. Debris disks are among them. These are belts consisting of countless dust particles and ... > full story -
Comet Collisions Every Six Seconds Explain 17-Year-Old Stellar Mystery
November 8, 2012 — Every six seconds, for many millions of years, comets have been colliding near a star visible to the naked eye, astronomers ... > full story -
Pluto's Moons and Possible Rings May Be Hazards: New Horizons and the Gauntlet It May Encounter in 2015
October 16, 2012 — NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New ... > full story -
Pluto/Charon Poses for Sharpest Ground-Based Images Ever
September 26, 2012 — Despite being infamously demoted from its status as a major planet, Pluto (and its largest companion Charon) recently posed as a surrogate extrasolar planetary system to help astronomers produce ... > full story -
Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
July 11, 2012 — A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and 6 to 15 ... > full story -
Some Stars Capture Rogue Planets
April 17, 2012 — New research suggests that billions of stars in our galaxy have captured rogue planets that once roamed interstellar space. The nomad worlds, which were kicked out of the star systems in which they ... > full story -
Dusty Disc of Crushed Comets Around a Nearby Star Caused by Collisions With Thousands of Comets a Day
April 12, 2012 — Astronomers have studied a ring of dust around the nearby star Fomalhaut and have deduced that it is created by the collision of thousands of comets every ... > full story -
New Evidence for Complex Molecules on Pluto's Surface
December 20, 2011 — Astronomers have discovered a strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber on Pluto's surface, providing new evidence that points to the possibility of complex hydrocarbon and/or nitrile molecules lying on ... > full story -
Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System?
November 10, 2011 — Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to a new ... > full story -
City Lights Could Reveal E.T. Civilization
November 3, 2011 — In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. Astronomers suggest a new technique for finding aliens: Look for their city ... > full story
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