In 2022, NASA successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit using a kinetic impact test, marking a breakthrough in planetary defense. Upcoming missions from ESA, JAXA, and NASA aim to study asteroids ...

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into what our Solar System may have looked like at birth. It’s a stunning replay ...

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NASA's Lucy mission flyby asteroid Dinkinesh (aka 1999 VD57). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer (KBRWyle) and ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented snapshot of "time zero," when new worlds begin to gel.