Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter 30 years ago

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Eyeball ocean world? Webb reveals an intriguing super-Earth

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Will the scientific definition of a planet change … again?

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‘I killed Pluto. Now I’m searching for Planet 9’

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Comet 13P/Olbers will be closest to Earth on July 20

View larger. | Comet 13P/Olbers makes its closest approach to Earth on July 20, 2024. Astrophotographers…

Falling Starlink satellites, Falcon 9 failure and grounding

A Starlink satellite launch on a Falcon 9 on July 3, 2024, from Florida. On July…

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may be disintegrating

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Do dark matter collisions on Jupiter glow in the infrared?

This image of Jupiter’s atmosphere from the Webb telescope – and its NIRCam camera – shows…

Odd swirls on the moon may be from subsurface magma

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Giant stinky exoplanet smells like rotten eggs

Artist’s concept of HD 189733 b. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found…