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4 billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our way
An enormous comet -- approximately 80 miles across, more than twice the width of Rhode Island -- is heading our way at 22,000 miles …
Could the asteroid Ryugu be a remnant of an extinct comet? Scientists now answer
The Hayabusa2 mission has recently uncovered information on the physical characteristics of the asteroid 'Ryugu,' which, according to the conventional theory, forms from a …
Comet 67P’s abundant oxygen more of an illusion, new study suggests
When the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft discovered abundant molecular oxygen bursting from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) in 2015, it puzzled scientists. They had never …
Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formation
A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our solar system's history could help scientists reconstruct how and when planets …