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A sample of the Bennu asteroid is making headlines two years after the sample was delivered. Bennu is rich in carbon, ...

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Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

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Billions of years ago, Jupiter’s violent growth transformed the young solar system, smashing icy and rocky bodies together at ...

The newfound satellite, only about six miles wide, becomes Uranus’ 29th known moon and orbits near the planet’s inner rings.

Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...

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