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Scientists discover source of one of the rarest meteorites to fall on Earth

Findings could help shed light on how life came to exist on Earth.

The Independent UK

Source of one of rarest meteorites to fall on Earth discovered by scientists

The Ivuna meteorite landed in Tanzania in December 1938

Wales Online

Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet

Saturn has the most moons of any other planet in the solar system. Here we explore some of the 274 moons that orbit the ringed planet.

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Astronomers search for signal from "interstellar internet" nodes

Two astronomers suggest SETI researchers should listen for signals from alien spacecraft positioned to take advantage of our Sun’s gravitational lensing effect.

Inverse

The Moon has been trying to escape Earth for aeons, new research suggests

We recently discovered the perfect place to uncover the long-term history of our receding moon.

Inverse

Our Place in Space solar system trail lands in Liverpool - pictures

The trail will be in Liverpool for the next three weeks

Liverpool Echo

Astronomers stumble across heaviest element ever discovered on an exoplanet, on a gas giant so hot it could 'rain iron'

Barium, which is two and a half heavier than iron, was found on two ultra-hot gas giants orbiting stars outside our solar system.

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NASA gets its planet-hunting telescope back online after glitch

NASA's extrasolar planet hunter TESS is pausing observations while it works to recover and go back to finding distant worlds.

Inverse

NASA's asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected. An expert explains how

On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos.

The Conversation

Our Place in Space: Full guide to Liverpool solar system sculpture trail 2022

The trail is free to visit and features models of the sun and planets

Liverpool Echo

Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know otherwise. In 1969, NASA’s Apollo missions installed reflective panels on the moon. These have shown that the moon is currently moving 3.8 cm away from the…

The Conversation

Earth’s most powerful asteroid impact may be even bigger than we thought

But new research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets arrives at a different size and impact velocity for the Vredefort impactor.

Inverse

Stargazing in October: Halloween fireballs

This month, we’ll enjoy a display of Orionid meteors, writes Nigel Henbest

The Independent UK

Draconids: You need to see the most unpredictable meteor shower peak this week

The Draconids may not be as prolific as some meteors but they are fascinating none-the-less.

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Study: Analysis of asteroid reveals unexpected evidence of mini-ocean — and carbonation

Asteroid Ryugu has some dangerous seltzer for you, according to recent analysis by Japanese scientists on samples returned from JAXA's Hayabusa2.

The Conversation

Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the Moon and Earth

In 2020, China’s Chang'e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of Moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples contain countless tiny beads of glass, created when asteroids hit the Moon and splashed out droplets of molten rock around the impact site.

Daily Mirror

Stargazers share Jupiter photos in planet's closest approach to Earth for generations

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, mad its closes pass to Earth since 1963 last night, with several stargazers heading outside to catch a glimpse of it

ABC News

How a Canberra space station played an essential role in NASA's DART asteroid mission

As the world watched NASA complete the globe's first full-scale planetary defence test, few knew the crucial role played by a team on the outskirts of Australia's national capital.

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In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?

On September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash into an asteroid.

Belfast Live

Giant solar system trail coming back to Northern Ireland in 2023

It has already been experienced by over 300,000 people in Derry, Belfast and Cambridge to date

Liverpool Echo

Huge solar system sculpture trail coming to Liverpool on UK tour

The Our Place in Space 8k trail will begin on Church Street and run all the way to Otterspool

Roll Call

Congress is about to lose its science guy - Roll Call

He brought his math Ph.D. (and his solar system tie) to the House. Now Rep. Jerry McNerney is planning his next AI chapter.

ABC News

NASA releases clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

NASA has released its first image of Neptune captured by the James Webb Space Telescope as it shows off its capabilities within our home solar system.

Inverse

Saturn's rings were once a moon ripped apart by bizarre forces

Resonance with not-so-near Neptune destabilized the moon 100 million years ago.

The Conversation

For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves

Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have become caked with Martian dust, and NASA scientists expect it will completely power…

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