Planets
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Sounds of Titan
A space probe touches down on an alien, but eerily familiar world and samples its music.
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Unveiling Titan
A space probe that landed on Saturn's frigid moon Titan found a landscape that looks a lot like Earth.
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Icy Orbs at the Solar System’s Edge
A ring at the solar system's outskirts appears to contain smaller objects than expected.
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A very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
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Planet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
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Saturn’s New Moons
The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.
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Ringing Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft has arrived at Saturn to start exploring the planet and its rings and moons.
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Witnessing a Rare Venus Eclipse
On June 8, Venus will cross in front of the sun for the first time since 1882.
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Search for a Missing Moon
Sedna, the most distant object known in the solar system, doesn't appear to have a moon.
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Planets on the Edge
The discovery of a strange, planetlike object beyond Pluto adds to the puzzle of how the solar system formed.
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Rover Makes Splash on Mars
A robot on Mars has gathered evidence that liquid water once flowed on the Red Planet.
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Roving the Red Planet
Two little robots have touched down on Mars, ready to study the planet's rocks and soil.
