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briankoberlein.com
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| | | | The writings of Brian Koberlein | |
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astroengine.com
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| | | | A tiny rock has been detected in the Kuiper belt, which may not seem like such a big deal, but how it was found is. [NASA,ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)] We think we have a pretty good handle on how planets form. After the birth of a star, big enough clumps of dust and rock... | |
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manyworlds.space
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| | | | Before the discovery of the first exoplanet that orbits a star like ours, 51 Pegasi b, the assumption of solar system scientists was that others planetary systems that might exist were likely to be like ours. Small rocky planets in the inner solar system, big gas giants like Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune beyond and, back... | |
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science.nasa.gov
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| | The Sun sends out a constant flow of charged particles called the solar wind, which ultimately travels past all the planets to some three times the distance to Pluto before being impeded by the interstellar medium. This forms a giant bubble around the Sun and its planets, known as the heliosphere. NASA studies the heliosphere [...] |