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Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

Forget earthly demolitions and terrestrial heists; Teardown is breaking free of the atmosphere with the launch of The Greenwash Gambit.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Its core makes up 60% of the planet's volume—compared to Earth's 15%. Some scientists believe it formed from metal-rich building blocks others think that early collisions stripped away much of ...

Observational Limits on Terrestrial-Sized Inner Planets Around the CM Draconis System Using the Photometric Method With a Matched-Filter Algorithm The Astrophysical Journal535, 338-349. Jon Jenkins, ...

Using space lasers and AI, scientists can now measure forest carbon with greater speed and precision—transforming global climate monitoring and forest management.

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