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We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A ...
Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.
The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet ...
The boundary between stars and planets appears increasingly indistinct. Objects such as brown dwarfs, neither fully stars nor ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system, carries a chemical ...