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Three Centaurs Follow Uranus Through the Solar System
Astrophysicists have
confirmed that Crantor, a
large asteroid with a
diameter of 70 km has an
orbit similar to that of
Uranus and takes the same
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Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
What is the long-range
weather forecast for the
giant planets Uranus and
Neptune? These planets are
home to extreme winds
blowing at speeds of over
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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
... > full story
Giant Impact Scenario May Explain the Unusual Moons of Saturn
Among the oddities of the
outer solar system are the
middle-sized moons of
Saturn, a half-dozen icy
bodies dwarfed by Saturn's
... > full story
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Keck Observations Bring Weather of Uranus Into Sharp Focus
October 17, 2012 — In 1986, when Voyager swept past Uranus, the probe’s portraits of the planet were “notoriously bland,” disappointing scientists, yielding few new details of the planet and its ... > full storyMore: -
Voyager at 35: Break on Through to the Other Side
August 20, 2012 — Thirty-five years ago Aug. 20, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune and the ... > full story -
Uranus Auroras Glimpsed from Earth
April 13, 2012 — For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by means of ... > full story -
As Voyager 1 Nears Edge of Solar System, Scientists Look Back
December 13, 2011 — In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary science ... > 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 -
Series of Bumps Sent Uranus Into Its Sideways Spin, New Research Suggests
October 6, 2011 — Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a single large impact, but new research rewrites our ... > full story -
'Invisible' World Discovered: Planet Alternately Runs Late and Early in Its Orbit, Tugged by Second Hidden World
September 8, 2011 — Usually, running five minutes late is a bad thing since you might lose your dinner reservation or miss out on tickets to the latest show. But when a planet runs five minutes late, astronomers get ... > full story -
Hubble's Neptune Anniversary Pictures
July 12, 2011 — Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary pictures" ... > full story -
Clocking Neptune's Spin by Tracking Atmospheric Features
June 30, 2011 — By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets in our ... > full story -
When Jupiter Was in the Position of Mars
June 15, 2011 — A new scenario describing a key step in the formation of the solar system has been proposed by a French-American collaboration. According to this model, Jupiter migrated towards the Sun to the ... > full story
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