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Ocean’s ‘heart’ is slowing down — and it will affect the entire planet’s circulation

Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater could…

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A giant extraterrestrial ‘wave’ hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet’s climate

Like a ship sailing through changing weather at sea, our solar system‘s journey around the center of the Milky Way…

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Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined

Saturn now has a total of 274 moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn,…

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These mysterious objects born in violent clashes between young star systems aren’t stars or planets

Are they stars? Are they planets? Or are they neither? Some rogue planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone…

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‘Planet parade’ photo captures 7 planets in a line over Earth — possibly for the 1st time ever

A stunning photo has captured all seven of our neighboring planets in Earth’s sky at the same time, possibly for…

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A rare ‘parade’ of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week : NPR

This chart of the night sky from NASA shows Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus in a “planet parade” in January…

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‘Utterly cataclysmic’: James Webb telescope spots 2 alien planets disintegrating before our eyes

Astronomers have directly observed two worlds beyond our solar system shedding their outer layers into space for the first time.…

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7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what’s that mean for science?

For the last month and change, you might’ve seen the headlines about the planetary alignment, or a planetary parade, going…

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Exoplanet Census Identifies ‘Missing Planets’ Gap

For centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other worlds existed…

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NASA rover discovers liquid water ‘ripples’ carved into Mars rock — and it could rewrite the Red Planet’s history

Scientists have discovered evidence that liquid water was once exposed to the air in ancient, shallow lakes on Mars. The…

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