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Topic: planets

Pluto and Charon (Getty Images/HYPERSPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Pluto captured its moon with a kiss

Elizabeth Hlavinka
This image of the star cluster NGC 346, captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA))

Webb telescope confirms planetary theory

Matthew Rozsa
Planets Neptune and Uranus (Getty Images/Jason Reed)

New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Nicole Karlis
An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69b orbiting its host star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory)

Should we redefine habitable planets?

Nicole Karlis
This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI))

Potential alien planets spotted in 2023

Nicole Karlis
Planet Mercury (Getty Images/themotioncloud)

Shrinking planet Mercury getting smaller

David Rothery - The Conversation
Exoplanet concept art (Getty Images/janiecbros)

Giant new exoplanet is denser than steel

Matthew Rozsa
At the centre of this image is the young star V960 Mon, located over 5000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. Dusty material with potential to form planets surrounds the star. (ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.)

New image hints how planets form

Nicole Karlis
Planet Mars (Getty Images/SCIEPRO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Earthquakes on Mars reveal core mystery

Troy Farah
Astronauts on the Alien Planet Discover Plant Life. (Getty Images/gorodenkoff)

Which planets might actually have life?

Matthew Rozsa
Meteorite in orbit (Getty Images)

Unlocking a meteorite's ancient clues

Matthew Rozsa
This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. (ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org)

These dancing planets are in resonance

Matthew Rozsa
Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images)

A new atlas of the universe

Matthew Rozsa
(Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

Even planets have their (size) limits

Natalie Hinkel - The Conversation
(Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

Exoplanets better suited for life?

Mike Wehner - BGR
(Getty/rajeshbac)

Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars

David Weintraub - The Conversation
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Opportunity still unresponsive on Mars

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/vjanez)

This is what the planets sound like

Gabriel Bell
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. (Wikipedia)

Rohrabacher's dreams of E.T.

Charlie May
Andromeda Galaxy (NASA)

Why we haven't found aliens

Joanna Rothkopf
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Sarah Gray

NICOLE OSTROW - Bloomberg
Artist's conception (David A. Aguilar/CfA)

Lindsay Abrams
(Wikipedia Creative Commons)

Katie McDonough
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