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A young solar system located a mere 10 light years away appears to be remarkably similar to our own.
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Astronomers from around the world have been combining their efforts to seek out the new planet.
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The move, if successful, could mean that our own solar system actually has more than 100 planets in it.
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Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
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A large planet lurking in the outer solar system could be causing the sun's rotational axis to tilt.
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This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
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Astronomers have identified a previously unknown dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system.
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A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.
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A Cambridge scientist maintains that there may be far more planets in the solar system than we realize.
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Despite being comparable in size to Pluto and Eris, this enigmatic world has yet to even be given a name.
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Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
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A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
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The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
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Astronomers in France have managed to narrow down the area in which the new planet could be located.
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Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
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Astronomers in the US believe that there could be a large undiscovered planet in our own solar system.
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Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
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Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
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Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.