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A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...
Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a ...
The comet will zip past Mars’s orbit and reach its closest point to the Sun on 29 October 2025, at 1.35 astronomical units.
In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...
NASA contracted space technology firm Maxar to build the lunar Gateway station’s power and propulsion element. Maxar, in turn ...
Solar panels on existing public and commercial buildings could pump 12GW back into our electricity system, enough to power six million homes a year. But first we need solid regulations.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small satellite already orbiting Earth. IBEX has special instruments gathering ...
Its closest approach to the Sun will occur around October 30, just inside Mars’ orbit, at 1.4 AU, before it continues its ...
The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...