Solar System
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13-year-old Saskatoon boy recreates solar system in his neighborhoodA 13-year-old Saskatoon boy is recreating the solar system in his neighborhood by making a walking route along the Lawson Heights and Silverwood Heights neighbourhoods.CanadaNov 15, 2023
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Mercury up close: Japanese-European space mission gets 1st glimpse of planetThe mission is named after scientist Giuseppe ‘Bepi’ Colombo, who is credited with helping develop the gravity assist maneuver that NASA first used when it flew to Mercury in 1974.ScienceOct 2, 2021
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Model solar system creates interactive experience across LethbridgeTravelling to outer space may not be realistic for the average person, but the Lethbridge Astronomy Society is bringing a little piece of the solar system down to Earth.EducationSep 14, 2021
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These astronomers have a new way to find distant planets — including some like EarthAstronomers think they can predict where yet-undetected planets may reside in the same way you might guess which pieces are missing from a partially completed puzzle.ScienceNov 15, 2020
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First-ever ‘family’ photo shows two planets orbiting a young starA telescope has captured the first-ever 'family portrait' of a young star and its two planets.TrendingJul 23, 2020
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Bright lights above Edmonton aren’t UFOs, says scientistAlbertans fear alien invasion as planets and satellites align.ScienceDec 30, 2019
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Astronomers claim they discovered first moon outside our solar systemThe potential moon would be considerably larger than Earth — about the size of Neptune or Uranus. The planet it orbits is as big as mammoth Jupiter.ScienceOct 3, 2018
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How to catch the biggest, brightest view of Mars in years this JulyThe Red Planet will be the closest it's been to Earth since 2003 by the end of July, at a distance of about 57 million kilometres.ScienceJul 5, 2018
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Second sun: Researchers find new evidence that another star grazed solar system 70,000 years agoThe star may have been visible to early humans, who co-existed with Neanderthals on Earth during that time period.CanadaMar 22, 2018
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Venus was once habitable for billions of years: studyTwo billion years ago, our planetary neighbour Venus may have had an oceans of water and possibly life.ScienceAug 12, 2016
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