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Weekend Warm-Up: The Solar System to Scale

In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.
Celestium on MSN

Where Life Could Exist Beyond Earth in Our Solar System

Could life exist beyond Earth? This documentary investigates the solar system’s most promising candidates for alien life, from the frozen oceans of Europa to the red deserts of Mars.
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Object Spotted From Outside Solar System The Same Day As In The Documentary Film 'Independence Day'

As was forewarned in the entirely scientifically accurate 1996 documentary "Independence Day," this July 2 astronomers have detected an unknown object headed for Earth(ish) from beyond our solar ...
Space.com

When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...
CNN

Image reveals unprecedented view of the third interstellar object observed passing through our solar system

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system. The Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field Camera 3 got an incredible view of the comet ...
PBS

Hubble Space Telescope captures image of comet visiting from another solar system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released ...