The planets of our solar system follow nice, predictable orbits, but it was not always so. In the chaotic early days of the solar system , Jupiter and its fellow giant planets seem to have migrated from their birthplaces into the stable orbits that we observe today
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Feed SubscriptionAntimatter of Fact: Collider Generates Most Massive Antinucleus Yet
Most people know two things about helium. One is that it makes your voice comically high-pitched when you inhale it; the other is that it is extremely light, which is why balloons filled with the stuff float upward through the heavier air. But in particle physics terms--and especially when it comes to the nuclear physics of antimatter--helium is no lightweight.
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