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Interactive: Solar System

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Sun Shifts

The outer layers of the sun have so-called differential rotation. The equator of the surface rotates once every 25.4 days; near the poles it rotates about once every 36 days.

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NASA's first nighttime launch since 2006 sent Endeavour on a 16-day space station mission.

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A lot has happened since Laika the Russian dog first took a trip into orbit in 1957. Revisit that milestone—and many others—in this interactive time line.

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