Hacker News with Generative AI: Solar System

Possible new dwarf planet found in our solar system (minorplanetcenter.net)
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.
Astronomy, Solar System, Dwarf Planets
158 points by ddahlen 2 days ago | 99 comments
Jupiter was formerly twice its current size and had much stronger magnetic field (phys.org)
Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct structure.
Jupiter, Solar System, Astronomy, Science, Planets
14 points by amichail 3 days ago | 0 comments
Solar Orbiter's widest high-res view of the Sun (esa.int)
Five years into its mission, Solar Orbiter stuns again with this detailed view of the Sun.
Space Exploration, Solar System, Astronomy, Science
52 points by belter 27 days ago | 5 comments
'Sun-Like' Stars (centauri-dreams.org)
The thought of a planet orbiting a Sun-like star began to obsess me as a boy, when I realized how different all the planets in our Solar System were from each other.
Astronomy, Stars, Solar System
64 points by JPLeRouzic 44 days ago | 20 comments
Astronomers discover 128 new moons orbiting Saturn (theguardian.com)
Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, giving it an insurmountable lead in the running tally of moons in the solar system.
Astronomy, Space, Saturn, Solar System
6 points by mooreds 62 days ago | 0 comments
Saturn solidifies its title as moon king with the discovery of 128 new moons (cbc.ca)
With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Solar System, Saturn, Jupiter
20 points by handfuloflight 70 days ago | 3 comments
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274 (nytimes.com)
Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn, possibly the result of cosmic smashups that left debris in the planet’s orbit as recently as 100 million years ago.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Saturn, Moons, Solar System
33 points by donohoe 73 days ago | 5 comments
Mercury's shadowy North Pole revealed by M-CAM 1 (esa.int)
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Solar System, Planetary Science, Mercury
81 points by divbzero 133 days ago | 15 comments
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reports Healthy Status After Solar Encounter (nasa.gov)
Eight days after its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface Dec. 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has confirmed the spacecraft’s systems and science instruments are healthy and operating normally, including collecting science data as it swung around our star.
Space Exploration, NASA, Solar System
4 points by LorenDB 140 days ago | 1 comments
JPL Horizons on-line solar system data and ephemeris computation service (nasa.gov)
The JPL Horizons on-line solar system data and ephemeris computation service provides access to key solar system data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for solar system objects ( loading… ). ( unable to load body counts… please try later ).
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Data Science, Solar System
125 points by perihelions 144 days ago | 25 comments
Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system (cnn.com)
Space, Astronomy, Solar System, Planets
6 points by Tomte 146 days ago | 0 comments
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Closest Approach to Sun (nasa.gov)
Following its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it’s in good health and operating normally.
Space Exploration, NASA, Solar System
94 points by divbzero 147 days ago | 17 comments
NASA Spacecraft 'Touches Sun' in Defining Moment for Humankind (forbes.com)
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — a new record — on Christmas Eve. You can follow Parker’s landmark moment on NASA’s Eyes On The Solar System page.
Space Exploration, NASA, Solar System
6 points by throwup238 149 days ago | 0 comments
NASA solar probe to make its closest ever pass of sun on Christmas Eve (theguardian.com)
Nasa’s Parker solar probe is attempting its closest ever flyby of the sun, passing 3.8m miles from its surface on Christmas Eve.
Space Exploration, NASA, Solar System, Christmas
12 points by isaacfrond 150 days ago | 0 comments
Parker Solar Probe attempts closest ever fly-by of Sun (bbc.com)
A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
Space Exploration, Solar System, Astronomy, NASA
6 points by astdb 150 days ago | 0 comments
We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine (scientificamerican.com)
Most astronomers would love to find a planet, but Mike Brown may be the only one proud of having killed one. Thanks to his research, Pluto, the solar system’s ninth planet, was removed from the pantheon—and the public cried foul. How can you revise our childhoods? How can you mess around with our planetariums?
Astronomy, Science, Solar System, Pluto
14 points by danboarder 156 days ago | 7 comments
Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought (space.com)
Saturn's rings, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Solar System
23 points by divbzero 158 days ago | 3 comments
Orbit of a Possible Planet X (cosmosmagazine.com)
The possibility that there might be a large, unknown planet lurking in the outer Solar System far beyond Pluto has long been a staple of science fiction.
Astronomy, Solar System, Planets, Science
6 points by geox 169 days ago | 1 comments
Size and albedo of the largest detected Oort-cloud object (arxiv.org)
The recently announced Oort-cloud comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is remarkable in at least three respects: (i) it was discovered inbound as far as ~29 au from the Sun (with prediscovery images up to ~34 au); (ii) it showed cometary activity already at almost 24 au; and (iii) its nuclear magnitude (Hr ~ 8.0) indicates an exceptionally large object.
Astronomy, Solar System, Comets, Space Exploration
119 points by belter 181 days ago | 62 comments
Highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun’s surface (smithsonianmag.com)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released four new, stellar images of the sun, including the highest resolution views to date of its full, visible surface, called the photosphere.
Astronomy, Space Exploration, Solar System, Photography
518 points by Brajeshwar 181 days ago | 134 comments
Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface (phys.org)
A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar system with potentially life-sustaining environments.
Astronomy, Moons, Oceans, Solar System, Life
39 points by geox 201 days ago | 7 comments
Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years (phys.org)
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These "interstellar precursor missions" include a trip to the solar gravitational lens point at 550 AU from the sun—farther than any artificial object has ever been, including Voyager.
Space Exploration, Solar System, Physics, Technology
94 points by rbanffy 209 days ago | 79 comments
All asteroids in Solar System, visualized (github.com/DarkStar1982)
An app demo showing asteroid orbits using NASA MPC database.
Space, Visualization, Data, Astronomy, Solar System
117 points by d_silin 225 days ago | 30 comments
Ceres: An ocean world in the asteroid belt (astronomy.com)
Remnants of an ancient water ocean are buried beneath the icy crust of dwarf planet Ceres — or, at least, lingering pockets of one. That’s the tantalizing find presented August 10 by scientists working on NASA’s Dawn mission. Their research was laid out in a series of papers published in Nature.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Dwarf Planets, Solar System, Water
126 points by JumpCrisscross 229 days ago | 68 comments
The first proposal for a solar system domain name system (blogspot.com)
Some years ago, I had to make a costume for an International Space University party and thought that I would go as a space archaeologist.
Domain Names, Space Exploration, Solar System
18 points by anigbrowl 235 days ago | 18 comments
Saturn's moon Mimas may hide a surprisingly young ocean (knowablemagazine.org)
Saturn’s moon Mimas, known for its uncanny resemblance to the Star Wars Death Star, might harbor liquid water beneath its icy shell. If true, similar seas could be hiding in plain sight, and the outer solar system may be far more habitable than previously thought.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Moons, Solar System, Habitability
8 points by pseudolus 239 days ago | 0 comments
Hints of a Hidden Structure Detected at the Edge of the Solar System (sciencealert.com)
If you travel far enough away from the Sun, the Solar System becomes a lot more populated.
Space, Solar System, Astronomy
24 points by Brajeshwar 254 days ago | 5 comments
How the Sun looks from other planets (reddit.com)
Space, Solar System, Astronomy, Planets
5 points by behnamoh 300 days ago | 0 comments
Scientists discover CO2 and CO ices in outskirts of solar system (ucf.edu)
Science, Solar System, Astronomy, Chemistry
13 points by geox 364 days ago | 1 comments
Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape (futurism.com)
Space, Astronomy, Sun, Solar System, Video
60 points by alex_young 382 days ago | 19 comments