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McDonough Meteorite: 23-Gram Visitor Older Than Our Planet Blasts Through Family Roof

University of Georgia researchers say the 23-gram 'McDonough meteorite' came from a main-belt asteroid shattered 470 million years ago.

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 TOI-6894b Exoplanet - artist's impression.

Unexpected giant: Saturn-mass planet found orbiting tiny red dwarf

 Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune.

Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune

 Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune.

Possible new dwarf planet spotted near the edge of the solar system


NASA James Webb Telescope captures stunning photos of Jupiter

The two images were taken by the observatory's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which uses three infrared filters to capture hidden details of the planet.

Webb NIRCam composite image from two filters – F212N (orange) and F335M (cyan) – of Jupiter system, labeled.

Solar system's planets could collide if Neptune's orbit changes 0.1% - study

A passing star, known as a stellar flyby, could — in theory — cause changes in Neptune's atmosphere that could — in theory —eventually lead to planets colliding into each other.

 The solar system (Illustrative).

What are Earth's mysterious miracles? Two studies shed light

The two studies described a new method of clustering types of minerals together or separating them into new species based on their origins.

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NASA launches sounding rockets to look for habitable planets

The space agency launched two missions to gather measurements of ultraviolet light in order to understand what makes a planet's atmosphere habitable.

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

Five planets align perfectly, visible until end of June

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible every morning until the end of June in an alignment not seen since 1864.

 The solar system.

New multiplanet system identified - study

Scientists believe the brightness of the star at the center of the system and its proximity to Earth could provide new insight into the planets and their atmospheres.

Aerial view of the East Campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) along the Charles River

Why are Uranus and Neptune different colors? -study

Using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, and the Gemini North telescope, an international team of researchers look for answers.

Neptune and Uranus

Scientists discover 4 rare brown dwarfs with innovative method - study

Brown dwarfs are cosmic objects often described as being between a planet and a star. However, they are very hard to detect. In fact, for around three decades, only 40 brown dwarfs have been imaged.

 This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes observed the object to learn more about its turbulent atmosphere.

Why the next visits to planets in the solar system will be so important

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune remain the least explored planets in the solar system due to their distance from Earth and harsh conditions.

Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, is seen alongside its moons (illustrative).

How much water did Earth have at its formation? A new study has the answer

By analyzing the chemical components of rocks from the moon, a team of scientists proposed an answer to the long-standing question.

 Earth as seen from space.