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Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter – In the news

In the News  |  Published: 05 July 201603 May 2017

After five years travelling across the solar system, the NASA spacecraft Juno has begun its final descent into orbit around […]

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Kiwi ‘astrographs’ other solar system

In the News  |  Published: 28 November 201128 November 2011

A New Zealander has captured the first amateur photograph of solar system other than our own, drawing international attention. Rolf Olsen, […]

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TVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Solar System may be older than thought

In the News  |  Published: 24 August 2010

The journal Nature has reported that the solar system could be almost two million years older than previously thought, according […]

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NZ Herald/AP: 32 more planets discovered

In the News  |  Published: 21 October 2009

European astronomers have found another 32 planets in solar systems outside ours, bringing the total number of exoplanets to more […]

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