A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary radiation belts between the Van Allen Belts.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

A new study published in Scientific Reports simulates particle creation in an expanding universe using IBM quantum computers, ...

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The powerful Webb with its incredible sensitivity observed dust grains the size of bacteria, which will eventually coalesce ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

These are difficult times for New York farmers. And they’re getting older -- 60% of New York’s nearly 58,000 farmers are 55 ...

Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas. The company later confirmed that roughly two minutes of artificial lunar gravity were achieved by ...

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