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Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...
The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is critical for using Mars' gravity to slingshot the spacecraft deeper into ...
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...
Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...
But even with this precise categorization, the source of these meteorites where in the enormous asteroid belt they originate had remained a mystery. That has now been upended by recent research ...
In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...
Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new study hints.
Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.