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With the release of its first images this month, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun a 10-year mission to help unravel the mystery of dark matter. The observatory will continue the legacy of its ...

Unless you have a magic school bus, it is a little difficult to take a field trip to outer space, but it isn’t fully out of ...

To the Point. Solar activity: In March 2025, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft observed the poles of the Sun for the first time during maximum solar activity. Solar cycle: Solar activity follows an ...

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“The solar system is really like somebody picked it up early on and shook it real hard,” Levison says. After launching this October, Lucy will fly by a series of target Trojans from 2027 to 2033.

It's composed of leftovers from the making of our solar system, which were scattered in every direction by the planets after they formed. That means many of the icy bodies in the Oort Cloud don't ...

If this doesn't seem like a big deal, consider that every image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around our star's equator. That is because Earth, the other solar system planets, and ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system.The ...

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies ...