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The Hubble Shows How Asteroids and Comets are More Alike than We Realized

Up until recently, scientists have always separated comets and asteroids by one main thing: that comets form gas and...

There is More Than Just Asteroids Threatening Life from Space

Nothing is a given. Evolution could have had an entirely different outcome. However, since it turned out the way...

Scientists Trace the Origin of the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs

German scientists have made significant strides in unraveling the mystery behind the origin of the asteroid that wiped out...

Unlocking the Mysteries of Space: NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Mission

NASA has once again achieved a historic milestone in its quest to unravel the mysteries of our solar system....

Jupiter Becomes the Most Mooned Planet in Our Solar System

Astronomers have just made a monumental discovery—Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun is now officially the most mooned...

How Asteroid Findings Could Save the Planet

In 2005, the Japanese Space Agency sent a probe to an ancient 500-meter-long asteroid known as Itokawa. The findings...

Four Ways Technology is Saving The World

We see a lot of people debating on the fact whether the evolving technology is helping mankind by saving...

The Smallest of Collisions Can Make Mercury’s Thin Atmosphere Act Peculiar

Mercury may be a relatively small planet in comparison to our own, with very little to call an atmosphere,...

Hubble Telescope Reveals Unusual Object in the Asteroid Belt

Something rather unusual has been spotted by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just recently - two asteroids that have comet-like...

Researchers Discover Ground Ice on the Protoplanet Vesta

New research has been carried out over at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering that has revealed real proof...

Martian Moon Phobos Makes Guest Appearance in Hubble Photos of Mars

In May 2016, the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA) took 13 pictures over 22 minutes of Mars, and one of...

A Rogue Planet Hiding in the Kuiper Belt Could Destroy Earth

There are a lot of things lurking in in the Kuiper Belt, dwarf planets like Pluto, asteroids and other...