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An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

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"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

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The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

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