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Is there another planet in our solar system?

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Is there another planet in our solar system? New science post on 360 On History about the possibility of a ninth planet that we are yet to discover.

Four exoplanets 133 light-years away orbiting a young star. (Jason Wang/Northwestern University)

12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star – Time Lapse Video

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12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star - Time Lapse Video of 4 jupiter sized planets circling their star. The system is HR8799.

What do we see in Webb's latest image of the ice giant Neptune? Webb captured seven of Neptune’s 14 known moons: Galatea, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Proteus, Larissa, and Triton. Neptune’s large and unusual moon, Triton, dominates this Webb portrait of Neptune as a very bright point of light sporting the signature diffraction spikes seen in many of Webb’s images. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Neptune in a new light – James Webb Space Telescope

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NASA's James Webb Telescope captured this latest image of Neptune in near infrared on September 21, 2022. It is the clearest view of the ice giant in 30 years and provides a view of Neptune's rings, s...

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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Record Breaking Flight

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This video imagery was acquired by the navigation camera aboard NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 25th flight on April 8, 2022. Covering a distance of 2,310 feet (704 meters) and at a speed ...

Two images of Venus one taken by WISPR on the Parker Solar Probe and the other by Magellan

Venus – Earth’s Evil Twin has New Images

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Venus is known as Earth's Evil Twin and it has New Images taken by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as it flew by the planet. Venus is inhospitable for life as we know it but Phosphine, possible indicator of...

This image shows the most massive planet-hosting star pair to date, b Centauri (left) and its giant planet b Centauri b (lower right).

ESO’s Very Large Telescope images planet around most massive star pair to date

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ESO's Very Large Telescope images a planet around most massive star pair to date. The b Centauri star system is 6 times the mass of the Sun.

Natural and False colour views of Europa taken in 1997 by the Galileo Spacecraft. Credits: NASA, NASA-JPL, University of Arizona

Hubble finds long term presence of water vapour on Jupiter’s moon Europa

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The Hubble Space Telescope has found long term presence of water vapour on Jupiter's moon Europa, which also has an ocean under its icy surface.

Whirlpool Galaxy and companion. Posted by 360onhistory.com

A Planet in another Galaxy

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A Planet has been found in Galaxy M51 also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. This is the first time such a planet has been found outside the Milky Way.

This image of “Kodiak” – one remnant of the fan-shaped deposit of sediments inside Mars’ Jezero Crater known as the delta – was taken by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z instrument on Feb. 22, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

How Water Shaped Mars – New information from Perseverance Rover

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How Water Shaped Mars - New information from Perseverance Rover shows that water shaped the Jezero Crater delta on Mars, just like it does on Earth.