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A close brush with Saturn two years ago is about to cause a comet to go interstellar. Astronomers have set their sights on A117uUD, a comet that's currently hurtling out of the solar system at more ...

Saturn has just pulled far ahead in the solar system’s moon race, with a fresh wave of detections pushing its tally to 274 ...

In brief: Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic formations in our solar system, but researchers have never been sure how or when they formed. A new simulation indicates they are far younger than ...