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  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
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  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
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  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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  Voyager Probes Set to Enter Interstellar Space

  April 28, 2011 — More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system. Not only that, they're still working. And with each passing day they are beaming back a ... > full story
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  Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System

  May 7, 2010 — Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data. ... > full story
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  Deep Interior Of Neptune, Uranus And Earth May Contain Some Solid Ice

  September 23, 2008 — The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ... > full story
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  Voyager Squashes View Of Solar System

  July 3, 2008 — Scientists using data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have observed the bubble of solar wind surrounding the solar system is not round, but has a squashed shape, according to recent data published ... > full story
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  Ringed Moon Circles Ringed Planet: Saturn's Moon Rhea Also May Have Rings

  March 6, 2008 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of material orbiting Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon. This is the first time rings may have been found around a moon. A broad debris disk and at least ... > full story
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  Solving Solar System Quandaries Is Simple: Just Flip-Flop The Position Of Uranus And Neptune

  December 11, 2007 — The planets in our solar system weren't always in the order they are today. Four billion years ago, early in the solar system's evolution, Uranus and Neptune switched places, according to new work by ... > full story
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  Astronomers Get First Look At Uranus's Rings As They Swing Edge-on To Earth

  August 23, 2007 — An edge-on view of Uranus' rings, possible only once every 42 years, shows that the dust distribution has changed significantly since Voyager 2 took photos in 1986. Keck and Hubble observations show ... > full story

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