Lucas Brefka receives funding from a NASA Exoplanet Research Program grant. Christopher Palma does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
Scientists have been fascinated by the third interstellar object to ever known to visit our solar system that is revealing ...
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At the solar system’s edge, Voyager 1 finds a wall of fire
At the farthest reach of the Sun’s influence, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has stumbled into a region that behaves less like empty space and more like a furnace, where charged particles heat to tens of ...
This marks the first time astronomers have observed the formation of a ring system. Saturn isn't the only planet in our solar system with a ring system. While Saturn's rings are the most dramatic, the ...
Oh, we humans do love a cleanly defined boundary, don’t we? They make things easier, after all. If we’re trying to categorize something, knowing what labeled bin to put it in is handy. If we’re ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) The interstellar comet, originally called A11pl3Z and now ...
Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...
Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...
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Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...
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Boiling Oceans Could Be Hiding Beneath the Ice of the Solar System’s Smallest Worlds
A groundbreaking study suggests that beneath the frozen surface of Enceladus, Saturn’s smallest moon, there could be vast, boiling oceans. This revelation adds a new layer of intrigue to our ...
An artist’s rendering of the theorized Planet Nine, back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. We get a ...
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