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Space: The Solar System
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Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto - Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Aptly named after the Greek goddess of conflict, the icy dwarf planet, Eris, has rattled the general...

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Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status - Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: regardless of what one prestigious scientific organizati...

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Solar wind slows farther away from the Sun - Solar Wind Slows Down as It Travels Farther Away from the Sun      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Measurements taken by the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons space...

Geoscience: Geology Space: The Solar System
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Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet - Asteroid Findings from Specks of Space Dust Could Save the Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revea...

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The give and take of mega-flares from stars - The Give and Take of Mega-Flares from Stars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth -...

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Mercury passes in front of the sun, as seen from Mars - Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen from Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a...

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Mercury's scorching daytime heat may help it make its own ice at caps - Mercury's Scorching Daytime Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice at Caps      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Despite Mercury's 400-degree Celsius daytime heat, there is ice at its caps. And now a study shows h...

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'Hot Jupiters' provoke their own host suns to wobble - Hot Jupiters Provoke Their Own Host Suns to Wobble      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Blame the 'hot Jupiters.' These large, gaseous exoplanets can make their suns wobble when they wend...

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TESS finds its first Earth-sized planet - TESS Finds Its First Earth-Sized Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A nearby system hosts the first Earth-sized planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanets Survey...

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Odd bodies, rapid spins keep cosmic rings close - Odd Bodies, Rapid Spins Keep Cosmic Rings Close      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Hau...

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Comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter's asteroids - Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter's Asteroids      (via sciencedaily.com) 

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting amo ...

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Small asteroids are probably young - Small Asteroids Are Probably Young      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The impact experiment conducted on the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission which took p...

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Extreme exoplanet has a complex and exotic atmosphere - Extreme Exoplanet Has a Complex and Exotic Atmosphere      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An international team analyzed the atmosphere of one of the most extreme known planets in great deta...