The Solar System
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI) |
 
It's Lonely Out There
This image shows the sun embedded in the glow of the zodiacal dust cloud. Jupiter and Neptune are visible as orange and blue "stars" to the right of the sun. New research shows that small, icy bodies like Pluto are rare in the outer solar system, but larger telescopes in development may prove otherwise.
 
 
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