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A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

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Outside our own solar system, the first moments of planet formation have never been detected, until now. Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile and NASA’s ...