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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think

Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…

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Is there really another planet hiding deep inside our Earth?

Scientists theorise that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal collision, termed the "gia…

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Mercury's shrinking history revealed through surface craters: insights from the planet's shriveling past

While missions to explore the moon's surface are numerous, the same cannot be said for Mercury. How…

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Scientists uncover enormous cosmic structure containing a whopping 20 galaxies!

The "Cosmic Vine" stands out as an exceptionally lengthy and vast structure, surpassing the size of…

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The Earth did not get its water from asteroids — it may have had it all along

The prevailing theory on how the Earth got its water is that the planet was born dry and water was …

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How to bake a meteorite — scientists are heating up space rocks to recreate the birth of planets

According to her, when the building blocks of a planet are coming together, the material is he…

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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun

The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…

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NASA's attempt to burrow into Mars met 2 insurmountable obstacles: cement-like soil and an unexpected energy shortage

InSight lander's "mole" was unable to hammer through the Martian soil, and unusually dusty solar pa…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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It took one massive telescope 130 hours to capture tens of thousands of galaxies in a single image

Radio telescopes, on the other hand, can see through the dust and record observations of t…

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Mars may have had a giant ring billions of years ago, new research suggests

The strange orbit of Mars' moon suggests that the planet may have pulled moons toward it in the pas…

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How space movies have evolved over 120 years

From "A Trip to the Moon" to "Star Wars" to "The Midnight Sky," filmmakers have used evolving techn…

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Climate scientists debunk 13 myths about global warming

Climate scientists debunk myths about global warming, the temperature record, carbon dioxide, extre…

Michelle Yan Huang,Abby Tang,Ally Giannini,Michael Tabb   


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A team of researchers from India found a way to predict the shape of the Sun's corona

The teams had predicted a model of the Sun’s atmosphere. According to reports, this model can …

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A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system last year. Now astronomers may know where it came from.

By comparing the historic path of 'Oumuamua against these millions of stars, the team discovered fo…

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Clouds on Uranus smell like farts, astronomers have confirmed - a clue that there was 'a big shakeup' early in the solar system

"If an unfortunate human were ever to descend through Uranus's clouds, they would be met with very …

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A diamond-encrusted meteorite that fell to Earth may come from a long-lost planet in our solar system

"Diamonds very often encapsulate and trap minerals and melts present in their formation environment…

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NASA warns of a massive asteroid bigger than the famous London Eye approaching Earth on July 24

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning that an asteroid, 50%…

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Astronomers may have seen the first 'alien' space rock from beyond our solar system - but some have doubts

The main question is whether A/2017 U1 has an orbit that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the s…

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These 2 newborn planets are going to help us understand how our solar system formed

"I think it is exciting - these are planets where you have evidence that they just formed, so we ar…

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