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Jupiter. The largest planet in the solar system – twice as many as all the other planets combined. This vast universe is made up of the same cloud of dust and gas that has become our sun and the rest of the planets. But Jupiter was the first to be …

Uranus, not far from Earth in the darkest region of the solar system’s reach, is not alone. With it is a spell of the moon – 27, precisely. Far and obscure, this moon is difficult to study, but astronomers have made accidental discoveries while observing Uranus. According to infrared images …