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  Astronomers discover three new moons around Neptune and Uranus: Details here

  Technology | February 24, 2024 16:06 IST

  The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced on Friday that powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and Chile had spotted distant tiny moons.

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  Now, take a tour to local planets and moons of the solar system with Google Maps

  Science | October 17, 2017 15:58 IST

  Continuing with its innovations, Google has updated the Google Maps which comes as a treat for the stargazers.

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  NASA probe spots small moons orbiting Pluto

  World | February 19, 2015 13:12 IST

  Washington: Exactly 85 years after Pluto's discovery, the NASA spacecraft set to encounter the icy dwarf planet this summer has spotted small moons orbiting Pluto.The moons, Nix and Hydra, are visible in a series of

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  NASA finds most accurate position of Saturn, its moons

  World | January 09, 2015 12:19 IST

  Washington: NASA researchers have pinpointed the exact position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about four km - a feat that will improve astronomers' knowledge of Saturn's orbit and benefits spacecraft navigation