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This artist’s concept depicts the tiny comet 41P, a Jupiter-family comet. As it approached the sun, frozen gases began to sublimate and shoot material off into space. Scientists analyzing observations

View larger. | Artist’s concept of an earthlike planet orbiting a sunlike star. A new study from researchers at Cornell University identified the 45 best planets for life. That means

Comet Hale-Bopp with its prominent dust (white) and plasma (blue) tails. Photo via E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Discovered by amateur astronomers: Comet Hale-Bopp was

Artist’s illustration showing a Starlink satellite orbiting Earth. Image via Wikideas1/ Wikimedia. CC BY 4.0. Starlink satellite unexpectedly breaks up, scattering debris A Starlink satellite unexpectedly broke up on March

View larger/full image. | Artist’s illustration of lightning on Jupiter, based on data from the Juno spacecraft. Lightning bolts in Jupiter’s storms can be 100 times more powerful than those

View larger. | The Perseverance rover captured this view as it ascended up the to the rim of Jezero Crater on December 5, 2024. Now the rover has found rubies

Artist’s concept of the strange star Gamma Cassiopeiae (aka gamma-Cas) and its small-but-dense white dwarf companion. New data from X-ray space telescope XRISM shows a white dwarf consuming the disk

A driver captured this video with their dashcam as a fireball entered the atmosphere over Texas on March 21, 2026. Later, it was learned, the incident dropped a rock on