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Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

Lightweight, robust, radiation-resilient photovoltaics are critical technologies for many aerospace applications. OPV cells ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

Couldn’t we all do with a little stress reduction? Especially since all seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment.