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A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in scorching, ...

Danny Stewart and Pete Mercurio found baby Kevin in a Manhattan subway station 25 years ago. Now, their story is told in the ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

The asteroid, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, orbits the sun, so it remains a constant companion of Earth. It is too ...

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The Vera Rubin Telescope Observatory is now operational and is enable astronomers to explore galaxies, stars in the Milky Way, objects in the solar system, ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a ...