Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Scientists Uncover a Galactic Encounter That May Have Changed Earth’s Climate
Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...
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ATLANTIC SKIES: There's a new Lucy in the sky and her mission is to help us understand the solar system
British rock band The Beatles put out a song titled ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song’s letters, LSD, were said at ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
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How did Earth get such a strange moon? Exploring the giant impact theory
The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...
Protoplanetary disks are much smaller than previously thought, new study finds
Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large ...
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First direct image of CO2 outside our solar system captured by Webb
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
4.5 billion years: The moon is probably almost as old as the solar system
Researchers are still not sure how old the moon is. However, there is now growing evidence that it is almost as old as our ...