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The exhibit combines ultra-high-definition images taken by the James Webb Telescope with giant models of the planets and suns ...

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The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

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The post 3I/ATLAS Is Losing More Dust Than Previous Interstellar Objects While Traveling Toward The Center Of The Solar ...

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Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

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Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...