There's more than just gravity at work in the solar system
Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...
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Trillions of comets discovered orbiting alien planet systems (image)
The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.
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Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)
G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...
Bright comet's tail dazzles in images from spacecraft
From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet ...
Bright Comet's Tail Dazzles in 'Bleeding' Images from NASA Spacecraft
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.
Jan 25: Solving the mysteries of our solar system, and more
Reintroducing Hawaii's sacred crow, how desert ants find their way, pterosaurs paddle-like tails, and how gophers rebuild ...
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Dead Star Consumes Material From Planets In Hubble Data
Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...
Rare Comet Flies Close To Sun In 'Near-Death Encounter'; It Will Return 1,60,000 Years Later
This comet, named ATLAS after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System that discovered it, reached an extraordinary ...
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NASA captures comet's close sun pass and stunning planetary images
NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.