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Look! Eerie Green Comet Poses With Big Dipper and Little Dipper

The eerie-looking comet is fading fast, but it's not too late for a sighting.

Inverse · Feb 7, 2023

European Space Agency's Juice Mission: Launch Date, Mission Goals, Timeline

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission is set to launch in April 2023.

Inverse · Feb 7, 2023

Scientists discover new form of ice which could exist on ‘ice moons’ of outer solar system

Discovered by research teams at UCL and Cambridge, the ice could exist inside the ice moons of the outer solar system

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

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The Milky Way Galaxy May Be a Unique Heavyweight in One Weird Way

Illustris TNG simulation shows that the Milky Way is special, all thanks to a cosmic wall.

Inverse · Feb 4, 2023

Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

With Frigid Innovation, Scientists Make a New Form of Ice

Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our solar system's icy moons - in research that sheds light on water's behavior under extreme conditions. The researchers said they employed a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 3, 2023

Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years

Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023

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'Weird' comet heading straight towards the sun could be from another solar system

A huge 3.7 mile-wide comet hurtling towards the sun is believed to have come from another solar system and has been described by a leading astronomer as 'weird'

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Kilimanjaro-sized comet is hurtling towards the Sun

Scientists say Machholz 1 has origins in another solar system

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023

This concept spacecraft could swiftly send a one-ton spaceship to the edge of the Solar System

A new idea proposed by researchers from UCLA envisions a twist on the beam-sail idea: a pellet-beam concept that could accelerate a 1-ton spacecraft to the edge of the Solar System in less than 20 years.

Inverse · Jan 28, 2023

Huge meteorite discovered in Antarctica contains oldest material in solar system

Researchers trekked for days across Antarctica before finding an unusually large meteorite, that contains some of the oldest material in the solar system

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

How To See A Green Comet That Is About To Zip By Earth

An ancient object that hasn't visited the inner solar system in 50,000 years has gained the attention of stargazers.

Zenger · Jan 27, 2023

Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth. Here's why that's exciting

There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our Solar System, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means close encounters between asteroids and Earth are fairly common.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2023

Lucy mission: NASA goals, mission news, and two Beatles Easter eggs

NASA's Lucy mission will investigate our origins. It will be the first to explore the Trojan asteroids, a large group that share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

Inverse · Jan 26, 2023

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Inverse · Jan 26, 2023

NASA just directed its Lucy mission to target a skyscraper-sized asteroid

On Wednesday, NASA announced a new asteroid target for its Lucy mission. This brings the spacecraft's total asteroid tally up to nine.

Inverse · Jan 26, 2023

Scientists find two key ingredients for life in ancient meteors

Potassium and zinc were brought to Earth from distant space rocks.

Inverse · Jan 26, 2023

Look! JWST captures images of an asteroid with a ring playing peek-a-boo with a star

Two separate studies recently pointed JWST's instruments at Chariklo, the only asteroid in our Solar System with its own rings.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2023

These 5 spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased.

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Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Green comet not seen for 50,000 years now visible in night skies over UK

The comet was spotted crashing out of the Oort cloud on the edge of the solar system last year, and is now heading towards the Sun

The Guardian - AU · Jan 24, 2023

Space dust from 4.2bn-year-old asteroid could hold key to preventing cataclysmic collisions with Earth

Rubble pile asteroid is almost as old as the solar system, a sign that it can withstand great shocks and may be difficult to destroy, research suggests

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2023

Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds

A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid and Earth?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023

In Ascension by Martin MacInnes review – a deep dive into sea and space

Travelling from the ocean’s depths to the edge of the solar system, this subtle novel uses the tropes of sci-fi to remind us that there’s no place like our home planet

Inverse · Jan 19, 2023

Our Solar System may be surrounded by a halo of 10 million interstellar objects

A recent model suggests that passing interstellar objects should get pulled into our Sun's orbit fairly often.

Inverse · Jan 16, 2023

A new lightweight instrument could directly find life on Europa or Mars

The LDMS may be key to unlocking the secrets of the Solar System.

Inverse · Jan 14, 2023

15 years ago, a spacecraft swung by Mercury to beat the Sun's gravity

The MESSENGER mission needed a few gravitational assists to enter orbit around the smallest planet.

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