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Can Gold Make a New High in 2026?

After falling 29.7% from the late January 2026 record high to the June 30, 2026, low, gold has been trading at the low end of the 2026 trading range around $4,000 per ounce, which is becoming a pivot point. While some of the leading financial institutions continue to forecast new…

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Is the Current Consolidation in Gold Healthy?

Gold has been in a bearish trend since reaching its record high of $5,626.80 per ounce on January 29, 2026. While the short-term chart remains bearish, the long-term chart is bullish, creating uncertainty about the commodity's future path of least resistance, which is also a financial asset.

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Pluto and the Love, Hate, Longing: What Our Relationship With a Demoted Planet Says About Us

We Gave It a Name, So It Became OursPluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old farm boy from Kansas working at the Lowell Observatory. An 11-year-old British girl named Venetia Burney suggested the name. Her grandfather passed it along. The International Astronomical Union accepted it. And just…

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Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.

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New debate over Pluto: Is the dwarf set to become a planet again?

Almost 20 years after the debate appeared to be settled, Pluto is back in the spotlight.

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NASA Administrator thinks Pluto should be a planet

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NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again'

Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.

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Has Gold Found a Bottom?

Gold has corrected from the late January all-time high. The leading precious metal is trading over $1,000 below the all-time peak, and remains under pressure despite geopolitical events.

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Amazon's internet-beaming satellites are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, study finds

The satellites in Amazon's new internet-beaming megaconstellation in low Earth orbit are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, a study has found.

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4 Stocks To Buy As Precious Metals Soar

The massive rally in gold hit its first significant pullback in months last week, dipping under $4,000 per troy ounce after touching as high as $4,350.

Benzinga

3 Plays on Gold in Case Trust in the Fed Slips

With the price of gold already rallying and set to jump even further, these three investments could set investors up to reap big rewards.

MarketBeat

Silver and Gold Break Out—3 Names to Ride the Wave

There are three ways to play this recent gold and silver breakout, with ETFs that match both safety and cost efficiency, as well as a direct mining play.

MarketBeat

3 Gold ETFs That Could Surge If the Fed Cuts Rates This Month

Gold has been in a holding pattern since April. With the Fed slated to cut rates in September, these ETFs could break out alongside the precious metal.

MarketBeat

What are dwarf planets — and how many are there?

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom you ask.

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3 Different Ways to Add Gold to Your Portfolio

Gold continues to be one of the best-performing assets in 2025; here are three ways to capture some upside in gold without owning physical gold

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Analysts See $4,000 Gold: 3 Ways to Invest at Varied Risk Levels

Some believe that the rise in gold is far from over. With $4,000 evoked, see these three investments with big variations in possible risk and return outcomes.

The Independent UK

Strike action cancels 140 Finnair flights over Bank Holiday weekend

Those flying with the Finnish flag carrier this bank holiday weekend could find themselves facing travel disruption

The Independent UK

Saturn has 128 more moons than astronomers previously thought

The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons

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Finnair cancels 70 flights due to union strikes, affecting around 6,500 passengers

Airline boss described the industrial action as ‘unreasonable’

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Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons, the most of…

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5 Best Gold ETFs for March to Curb Recession Fears

Gold ETFs represent a strategic approach to diversifying portfolios and capitalizing on gold's strength during times of economic concern.

Space

Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, whether you call it a planet or not.

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Is the moon a planet?

The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated.

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Why we can't just name a quasi-moon 'Moony McMoonface'

You can vote on one of seven possible names for a quasi-moon of Earth and, unfortunately, Moony McMoonface isn't on the list.

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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?

Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006. So why is its status still so controversial today?

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