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The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia. Just how this cosmic waltz would look with a 'super-Earth' in place of the ...

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but ...

Helping Americans build new wealth while scaling clean energy is a bipartisan win-win. This is how we help Americans become ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...