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  Astronomers Discover Apparent "Outer Edge" To The Solar System

  October 30, 2000 — Our solar system may have an outer "edge" just outside the orbit of Pluto, astronomers announced recently. Their results suggest that early in the history of the solar system, some event ... > full story
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  Image Spacecraft In Orbit, Preparing To "See" The Invisible

  March 28, 2000 — NASA’s newest Sun-Earth Connection spacecraft lifted off March 25. Instruments onboard the IMAGE spacecraft will provide scientists with never-before-seen global images of the Earth’s ... > full story
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  Pluto Safe From Demotion

  February 2, 1999 — The short national nightmare is coming to an end. The solar system will continue to have nine planets. "There is no plan to 'downgrade' or 'demote' Pluto," says Brian Marsden, ... > full story
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  Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite To Study Star Formation

  December 1, 1998 — NASA's Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) mission, scheduled for launch at 8:40 p.m. EST (5:40 p.m. PST) on Dec. 2, 1998, will gather star-formation data, which have remained invisible ... > full story
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  University Of Arizona Scientists Are First To Discover Debris Disk Around Star Orbited By Planet

  October 23, 1998 — Planetary scientists have discovered the first circumstellar disk ever seen around a star like our sun, a star known to be orbited by a planet. The system is more like our solar system than any yet ... > full story

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