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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The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system. None of the terrestrial planets have rings, although Earth does have belts of trapped radiation, as discussed below. Among ...

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The 70-year-old has pledged to take a sledgehammer to the agency, and fire employees he says are part of a "corrupt system". “There are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the ...