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“ultraviolet + infrared images of saturn, venus, jupiter and uranus by hubble”
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Solar System Planets!!! There are more planets than stars in our galaxy. The current count orbiting our star is eight planets. Solar System Planets The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest ... Read more
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In 2005 an object larger than Pluto was discovered in the Kuiper Belt. This discovery would call Pluto's planetary status into question and help create a new term, Dwarf Planet.
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NASA on Instagram: “Saturn is truly the lord of the rings 💍 See the ringed planet in the latest snapshot from @nasahubble , taken on July 4, 2020, when the…”
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Astronomy on Instagram: "This is Earth compared to 3 (potentially) habitable exo planets elsewhere in the universe. An exo planet is a planet orbiting a foreign star outside of our own solar system. These planets were never known to exist prior to the late 1900’s. 1️⃣ Kepler 186f - 582 light years away 2️⃣ Kepler 442b - 1,100 light years away 3️⃣ Kepler 62f - 1,200 light years away These exo planets are crazy far away, taking over half a millennium for light to get to the first one. Even…
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Remember when New Horizons swept past Pluto in 2015? That was exciting! Who knew Pluto had a heart? Now scientists are proposing a new Pluto orbiter mission. It would gather details on Pluto's heart and the rest of its youthful surface, its hazy bluish nitrogen atmosphere, and its system of 5 known moons.
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Pluto. NASA.
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A new Jupiter to add to the Hubble Jupiter collection, this time in near-ultraviolet and visible blue light. Note this is not far enough into ultraviolet to view the auroras, just in case you were wondering. The Great Red Spot is just coming into view as the planet and its bands rotate about its axis. However, at these wavelengths, it is quite dark, and appears blue with this processing. Red Spot Junior is also prominently visible as another dark blue spot. Of particular interest to me, and…
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