NASA Team Studies Middle-aged Sun by Tracking Motion of Mercury

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Jan 18, 2018, 2:16 pm69 pts
Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expanding. It happens because the Sun’s gravitational grip gradually weakens as our star ages and loses mass. Now, a team of NASA and MIT scientists has indirectly measured this mass loss and other solar parameters…

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