It's the third of a generous five Saturdays in the month of November. What did we do to deserve such a bounty of days off? In ...

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Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

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Silverman, Leah. "Astronomers Just Created The Most Detailed 3D-Map Of Our Galaxy Yet." AllThatsInteresting.com, November 14, ...

Jupiter, the colossal planet at the heart of our solar system, has long been a subject of intrigue. Recent research from Rice University has revealed a surprising twist in its formation story, ...

Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...