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A group of scientists wrote to NASA about the agency's plans to truncate New Horizons and replace its science teams. It didn't go well.
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A brief history of the 30 or so objects in our solar system that have been considered planets at some point. While the planets themselves may seem constant and timeless, the way we define the term "planet" has changed drastically over the centuries. Here's my timeline of all the objects considered planets in our solar [...]
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Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others in our quiz!
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Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified the new record-holder for the smallest object that forms like a star: a tiny free-floating brown dwarf. Penn State researchers led the discovery.
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