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Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

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