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Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

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DALLASI absolutely love this, it's called an orrery, and it's a little mechanical model of our solar system. You can see the planets here, orbiting the sun as they would do in real life.

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This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

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Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Lisa Upton has received the 2025 Karen Harvey Prize from the American Astronomical Society ...