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Did You Know Some Planets Are Hotter Than Stars?

Quentin Changeat and Billy Edwards 14/03/2021

Kelt-9 b is hotter than 80% of all the...

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All You Need to Know About This Year’s Winter Solstice and the Great Conjunction

William Teets 21/12/2020

The 2020 winter solstice is also when Saturn and...

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Japanese Spacecraft Gets Ready To Drop an Asteroid Chunk in Australia

Trevor Ireland 04/12/2020

The fragments of rock and dust will tell us...

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Earth Currently Has A Second Moon – But It Won’t Stay Long

David Rothery 01/03/2020

The object 2020 CD₃ is essentially just a tiny...

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Watch: What’s an Annular Solar Eclipse?

The Wire Staff 27/12/2019

An annular solar eclipse is when the Moon doesn’t...

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NASA Satellite to Travel to Mysterious Zone Where Earth Meets Space

Wesley Rahn 11/10/2019

NASA said the Icon satellite will transmit data intended...

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Saturn Overtakes Jupiter as Planet With Most Moons in Solar System

Scientists have spotted 20 small moons orbiting Saturn and...