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The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
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A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
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The discovery means that the gas giant has a total of 79 moons - more than any other planet in the solar system.
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Originally classed as an asteroid, the object known as 'Oumuamua is now believed to be a comet.
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Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
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NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
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An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
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A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
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An asteroid from the earliest days of the solar system has been found four billion kilometers from Earth.
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A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
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The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
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Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
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The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
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Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
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The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
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An asteroid thought to have come from another solar system is to be checked for signs of alien technology.
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Scientists have developed a computer simulation that defines the exact orbit and behavior of Planet Nine.
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The gas giant is home to one of the most remarkable weather events found anywhere in the solar system.
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Astronomers have suggested that there may be more than one mystery planet in the outer solar system.
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Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.