Astronomers using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified
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Comet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding of comet evolution
A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive
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An Enormous Volcano in Space Is About to Erupt, Scientists Say
The “most powerful volcano” in the solar system—located on Jupiter’s moon Io—erupts at unusually regular intervals, according to research. In
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All comets in the solar system might come from the same place
All comets might share their place of birth, new research says. For the first time ever, astronomer Christian Eistrup applied
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Researchers develop a better way to harness the power of solar panels
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a way to better harness the volume of energy collected by solar
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Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’
The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be
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Catastrophic galactic collision could send Solar System flying into space
New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky
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NASA Discovered A Solar System With 7 Earth-Like Planets
Scientists working with telescopes at the European Southern Observatory and NASA announced a remarkable new discovery: An entire system of
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Orbital Forensics Hint at Sun’s Long-Lost Planet
Our solar system is like a 4.6-billion-year-old crime scene. Crater-ridden surfaces, misaligned planetary orbits and streams of interplanetary debris are
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Closest planet ever discovered outside solar system could be habitable with a dayside ocean
In August of 2016, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet around Proxima
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NASA Spots Structure at the Edge of the Solar System
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft may have spotted a strange and mysterious structure at the boundary of our solar system and
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Scientists May Have Found The First Moon Outside The Solar System
In what would be a pretty major discovery, astronomers say they may have found the first moon beyond the Solar
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