NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared jaw-dropping footage of an undulating green aurora as seen during a flyover from the International Space Station.
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UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...
Earth is constantly bombarded by space debris, from the tons of cosmic dust that lands on the planet daily to rare, huge, dinosaur-killing asteroids that arrive from deep space every tens of millions ...
Scientists have discovered new characteristics of a small body which orbits the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, providing ...
Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object ...
The Comet by Mecha Systems is a modular, Linux-based handheld computer built for hobbyists, engineers, students, artists and ...
In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...
They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...