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Meteorite fragments found in the Sahara turn out to be from the most mysterious planet in our solar system
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...
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This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours
A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.
A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer
The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...
Getting to know 3I/ATLAS, our solar system's newest interstellar visitor
A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
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Scientists watch a solar system being born for the first ever time
Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the first pieces of material that will go onto form planets. A solar system has ...
Wild New Image Shows a Twin of Our Solar System Being Born
Astronomers have captured a rare glimpse inside HOPS-315, a young star that appears to sit at the center of a nascent version of our own solar system.