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Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

A GPS smartwatch that helps beginners gamify their fitness with car-like data and takes elite athletes to new levels.

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A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

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The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system ... studying the system from within Saturn orbit. The European Huygens Probe, carried by Cassini, executed a successful ...