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Another ice-sealed ocean has been found in our solar system |
Researchers have just revealed that Mimas, one of Saturn's smallest moons, has an ocean of liquid water flowing under its entire surface. What is really making waves though, is how young the body of water is: just 5 to 15 million years old. |
Feb 10, 2024
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New Atlas
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Planet Nine may be responsible for tilting the Sun |
KB: We asked ourselves, "what obliquity, what misalignment would Planet Nine induce in the solar system?" because it must induce some. We know that Planet Nine's orbit in inclined. As a result, when Planet Nine torques the rest of the solar system, the two sort of act as two precessing tops. |
Aug 16, 2021
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Astronomy.com
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NASA's Dragonfly drone will search for signs of life on Titan, Saturn's ice moon |
We're going to Titan, and we're going in style. NASA announced on Thursday its next great solar system exploration mission. "Dragonfly" involves an ambitious plan to send a rotorcraft -- essentially a large drone -- to Saturn's moon, Titan. |
Jun 28, 2019
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Amanda Kooser via CNET
Science & Medicine Blogs |