Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology By analyzing the movements of ...

Magnetism itself may have given our solar system the architecture needed for habitability. A team at the University of Oxford ...

Asteroids, comets, and meteors are all small solar system objects, but they differ in composition and behaviour.

Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...

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Chiefly, the finding could help explain why Pluto, the largest known object in the Kuiper Belt — a vast region of icy bodies ...

According to reports, the long-period comet last visited our planet 80,000 years ago. However ... Karl Battams also stated that Astronomers face challenges in tracking comets like A3 due to their ...

Solar and cosmochemical data indicate high levels of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in the Sun. Researchers have unveiled a new ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

you might have been inspired to learn more about these visitors from the outer Solar System. Get ready for the next comet and find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy ...