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Solar System’s True Center Isn’t the Sun, Animation Shows
It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to 'touch the sun'
NASA hopes the Parker Solar Probe will help solve the most perplexing mysteries of the sun. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi ...
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New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
"CODEX's observations will contribute to our understanding of the region that space weather travels through, helping improve ...
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How Old Is the Solar System, and How Did It Form?
Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...
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The sun will be really 'stormy' for the next year, NASA says
The colossal ball of hot gas at the center of our solar system will be lively for the next year, NASA said. The sun has reached its "solar maximum period," which is a state of heightened activity ...
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Huge NASA spacecraft is flying to a perilous part of the solar system
(NASA's Juno craft, exploring the greater Jupiter system, also carries a vault.) Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly ...
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NASA’s Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe Swings Through Final Venus Flyby
Parker Solar Probe completed its seventh and final Venus gravity-assist maneuver, swinging onto a path that will bring it to ...
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NASA’s Pioneering Solar Sail Hits a Snag While Tumbling in Space
Credit: NASA NASA’s ACS3 is designed to test new materials and deployable structures for solar sail propulsion systems, including new composite booms that were used to unfurl the solar sail in ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe to pass Venus on record-breaking approach to the sun
Parker is attempting to be the closest a human-made object has been to the sun. NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history ...
NASA’s CODEX Ready To Unlock Solar Wind Mysteries From the ISS
NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is set to launch to the International Space Station to explore new details about ...