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The Solar Orbiter was placed in an orbit tilted compared with the Solar System’s plane. This new path allowed it to see what no spacecraft had seen before.

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Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds change over time.

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IRISH stargazers are being urged to look up this weekend for “one of the most spectacular events”. Jupiter, currently the ...

It's largely agreed that the moon was created around 4.5 billion years ago when a protoplanet collided with early molten ...

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Three interstellar objects; ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS—have passed through the Solar System. This article details their discoveries, trajectories, compositions, and current positions in ...

I/ATLAS is an interstellar object — the third known visitor from beyond our solar system — now sweeping past the Sun on a one ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...