Exploring an alternate solar system: Research maps impact of 'super-Earth'
Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...
Exploring the Sun’s Invisible Shield: NASA’s IMAP Mission To Map the Heliosphere
NASA's IMAP mission will delve into the mysteries of the heliosphere, mapping its boundaries and studying solar wind ...
Astrophysicists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars in landmark survey
Astrophysicists have imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. The crystal-clear images show light being emitted from these millimeter-sized ...
Chunk of Moon Rock? NASA Tracks Asteroid 2024 PT5 During Close Earth Flyby
NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...
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Webb Telescope Finds An Asteroid Belt And Evidence Of Planets Around Close ‘Royal Star’ Fomalhaut
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Combination image using the MIRI image from this paper, the HST image ...
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How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?
It’s a perfect popcorn moment. Now, please forget all that as we address the question: How can spacecraft in this solar system pass through the asteroid belt unscathed? The simple answer is ...
Giant asteroid will be visible with binoculars
"It's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter-million miles away from the Earth. So something 7.6 million miles out would be many, many ...