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Earth has a ‘seconds Moon’ as scientists identify lunar crater where it once lay
The US Sun· 3 days agoAN asteroid is believed to have broken off the moon and scientists have found additional proof that...
Your Cheat Sheet to the Solar System's Oort Cloud
Sci Fi Wire· 7 days agoSYFY’s The Ark takes viewers along for the ride on a one-way trip to Proxima centauri, a star 4.2 light-years from here. It’s a staggering trip which...
What Caused Our First Interstellar Visitor's Non-Gravitational Acceleration?
IFLScience· 1 day agoIn 2017, astronomers at the Pan-STARRS1 observatory looking for near-Earth asteroids spotted an object as it hurtled past our Sun at 38.3 kilometers per second (23.8 miles ...
New vivid images show why this is dubbed Mars' 'Inca City'
Mashable· 1 day agoA European spacecraft orbiting Mars has acquired some of the most detailed images yet of a region at...
Scientists Discover Potential Interstellar Origins of Life on Earth
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoPrior to the emergence of life on Earth, essential chemistry was necessary to create organic...
The Sky This Week from April 26 to May 3: The Moon reaches Last Quarter
Astronomy Magazine· 11 hours agoAs the Moon rises early in the morning, Mars and Neptune meet in a conjunction and we gear up for...
What is the Universe? - NASA Science
NASA· 1 day agoThe universe is everything. It includes all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains. It even includes time itself and, of course, it...
How Old Is the Solar System, and How Did It Form?
ExtremeTech· 6 days agoMany, if not most, stars are thought to have planets—some like ours, some fascinating and strange, and a few subject to such extremes they could never harbor anything we recognize as life. How ...
NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Ars Technica· 4 days agoNASA has formally approved the robotic Dragonfly mission for full development, committing to a...
Pluto's 'heart' is yet another bummer for the dwarf planet
Mashable· 5 days agoBless Pluto’s heart. When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft first snapped photos of an unusual...
