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solar system

An illustration of a protoplanet crashing into Jupiter
Science
Protoplanet smackdown may explain Jupiter’s core makeup
interstellar visitor
Science
In a first, scientists spotted an ‘interstellar visitor’ in our solar system
An artist’s concept of a planetary system discovered by Kepler, called KOI-961.
Science
Kepler turns up a trove of new exoplanets
Jupiter
Technology
Take a dazzling new peek at Jupiter
Asteroid
Technology
‘Asteroid hunters’ search for space rocks that could collide with Earth
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres
Science
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is already historic, and it’s just getting started
Comet Lovejoy has probably passed through the inner solar system at least once already—we just weren't alive to see it.
Science
Look hard and you can see Comet Lovejoy lighting up the night sky
Galaxy formation
Science
The water on Earth is even older than the sun
Sedna artist rendering
Environment
The discovery of a new ‘dwarf planet’ expands our view of the solar system
Sedna artist rendering
Environment
The discovery of a new ‘dwarf planet’ expands our view of the solar system
Environment
NASA shares a family portrait of the inner solar system, starring Saturn
NASA’s Voyager Now First Human-Made Object to Leave the Solar System
Environment
The rise and fall of Pluto
Where in the Solar System Is Voyager 1?
Arts, Culture & Media
Observing the Transit of Venus: Past and Present
Alien Planets
Planetary Protection
Solar System Model
Profile of a Scientist: Lucy McFadden
Global Politics
Buzz Aldrin and Neil deGrasse Tyson celebrate the 80th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery
Environment
Light years away: the discovery of ‘exo-planets’