Solar System Is “Bullet Shaped”

Our solar system flies through space faster than a speeding bullet - and in the same shape as one, according to data from the two Voyager spacecraft.

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Spacecraft may surf the solar system on magnetic fields

Bizarre-looking spacecraft may one day ride the magnetic fields of Earth and other planets to take previously unfeasible routes through the solar system

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What the new Solar System Looks Like

The IAU has proposed a new definition for planets that brings the tally to 12.

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