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A planet orbiting seven suns sounds like pure science fiction — the kind of system that should collapse into chaos instantly. But astronomers have discovered multi-star systems that stay stable far ...

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to ...

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