Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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Our Solar System is simple—one star, planets orbiting around it. But what happens in a system with multiple stars? Scientists ...

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

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Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Galaxies are astronomical objects composed of billions or even trillions of stars. Our Earth and solar system are just a tiny ...

An instrument created by a team at the University of New Hampshire was recently installed onto a spacecraft that is preparing ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

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 ...