The sun’s solar wind, made of charged particles, interacts with powerful eruptions, affecting cosmic rays and space weather.

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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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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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Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Imagine setting off on a road trip that doesn’t just take you through charming towns, but through an entire solar system – ...