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We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets (plus Pluto and all those other dwarf planets) orbit within a very small volume of the heliosphere (the volume of space dominated by the influence of the Sun), what's going on in the rest of the [...]
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Cries out for an executive summary:
10. Solar Pole Temperature Mismatch
Why is the Sun's South Pole cooler than the North Pole?
9. Mars Mysteries
Why are the Martian hemispheres so radically different?
8. The Tunguska Event
What caused the Tunguska impact?
7. Uranus' Tilt
Why does Uranus rotate on its side?
6. Titan's Atmosphere
Why does Titan have an atmosphere?
5. Solar Coronal Heating
Why is the solar atmosphere hotter than the solar surface?
4. Comet Dust
Comets - where does their dust come from?
3. The Kuiper Cliff
Why does the Kuiper Belt suddenly end?
2. The Pioneer Anomaly
Why are the Pioneer probes drifting off-course?
1. The Oort Cloud
How do we know the Oort Cloud even exists?
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This is probably one of the more interesting articles I have read.
It doesn't cover what we know.. It covers what we don't.
Many of the things we have yet to understand seem to take backburner to that which we do.
It's nice to focus on a bit of mystery to remember what it is that drives us
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