Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system's origins
Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...
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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
The Icy Crust of Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Hiding Secrets to Our World and Life Beyond It
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
MIT scientists study particles from distant asteroid for clues to the outer solar system’s origin
We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
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Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets
Scientists are trying to figure out how minerals connected to exoplanetary water would look to the James Webb Space Telescope ...
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Telescope finds ‘interstellar tunnel’ within our solar system’s hot bubble
The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) researchers used data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey.
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'Interstellar' fireballs likely came from within our solar system, study suggests
The imprecision in the measurements of claimed interstellar fireballs means it is highly likely they originate in the solar ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...
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NASA Engineers Activate Thrusters On Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Extending Its Mission Further Beyond Our Solar System
When it comes to exploring space, few things have done it better or longer than the Voyager 1 spacecraft, and it isn’t done ...
Discovery of Hidden Ninth Planet in Solar System Could Reshape Astronomy, Claims New Study
Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.
How a classical track by Kesarbai Kerkar went on NASA’s Voyager: From India to the cosmos
The Indian classical song “Jaat Kahan Ho” by Kesarbai Kerkar holds a special place in history as the only Indian track ...